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by jorblumesea 2839 days ago
How is it that browserland always seems to impact the OS? Is it the browser's need for graphics drivers? Or are these browsers embedded at a different level compared to a traditional OS?
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What other apps do you have on your phone that are executing what is essentially an enormous amount of untrusted code?

There is nothing different about browsers than other apps, but given how they work people are far more likely to discover these kinds of bugs in browsers.