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by millstone 1920 days ago
Sorry but that's baloney. Web developers are not choosing Rust/WASM because of security concerns with C++/WASM. The whole point of WASM is to enable untrusted code.

Instead I believe they are choosing Rust/WASM because of the Rust ecosystem: familiar package management, tutorials, other resources.

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> whole point of WASM is to enable untrusted code.

... ?

The web is already full of untrusted JS. WASM is for performance. The added extra security is just the cherry on top.