Comment by vorticalbox

17 hours ago

its just a different attack surface for safari they would need to blackbox attack the browser which is much harder than what they did her

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rs_rs_rs_rs_rs  16 hours ago

What? The js engine in Safari is open source, they can put Claude to work on it any time they want.

  • runjake  14 hours ago

    Here's a rough break down, formatted best I can for HN:

      Safari (closed source)
   ├─ UI / tabs / preferences
   ├─ macOS / iOS integration
   └─ WebKit framework (open source) ~60%
        ├─ WebCore (HTML/CSS/DOM)
        ├─ JavaScriptCore (JS engine)
        └─ Web Inspector

  • hu3  15 hours ago

    There's much more to a browser than JS engine.

    They picked to most open-source one.

    • SahAssar  14 hours ago

      WebKit is not open source?

      Sure there are closed source parts of Safari, but I'd guess at least 90% of safari attack surface is in WebKit and it's parts.

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  • g947o  14 hours ago

    Apple is not the kind of company that typically does these things, even if the entire Safari is open source.