[r3trohack3r]

> The problem is that security is only important when you're running your valuable IP code and extremely private data on someone else's computer, right next to arbitrary code written by a third party.

I mostly agree in principle but disagree with your introduction. Unless you don’t use a web browser.

Your browser is an untrusted computing environment that is constantly downloading and running 3rd party code in sandboxed environments.

A modern browser looks a lot like an edge node running on-demand short-lived programs from 3rd parties.