[austin-cheney]

The biggest problem solved by WASM is runtime portability. For security reasons many users and organizations will not download or install untrusted binaries. WASM provides a safer alternative in an often temporary way. The universal nature is an unintended byproduct of a naive sandbox, though still wonderful.

[9dev]

Why would WASM be any less secure than JavaScript?

[ItsHarper]

It's not, they're saying it's a safer alternative to traditional binaries