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How is it more insecure than a website?
How is a piece of software that runs in the browser instead of directly in the os, uses a million little libraries and became popular as a way to avoid scrutiny on the distribution platform less secure than a website?
Let’s assume you have great answers for all that and I’m made to look like a fool: when someone goes to a website, their guard is up. When they click on an app their guard is down.
If nothing else pwas bypass user distrust of weird crap on the internet and that’s a bad thing
@bloodfart @kilgore_trout
"How is a piece of software that runs in the browser instead of directly in the os... less secure than a website?"
The question answered itself 😂
@bloodfart @kilgore_trout
"WebKit's sandbox profile on iOS is orders of magnitude more stringent than the sandbox for native iOS apps." 😁 direct quote from Apple
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/62277271d3bf7f158779fe39/Apple_11.3.22.pdf