Comment by helterskelter2
21 hours ago
I can't help but wonder if we're going to see the OS and browser maintainers begin streamlining code and reducing complexity. Software these days almost seems like a fractal of insecurity, the only way to make the problem more tractable is to reduce attack surface.
Have there been any signs this will occur? I would have guessed the opposite would occur, that AI would mean code would instead grow even faster than before as AI makes it far faster and cheaper than before to implement new functionality.
My guess is that browsers (such as Chrome) have already been pursuing for years an approach similar to what you recommended, such as limiting flexibility in Manifest v3, so I'm not sure how much room remains?
On the other hand, I would love if Windows implemented optional sandboxing functionality for GUI apps where users could easily control what folders apps can read/write to, etc.