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		moralestapia 41 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rust cross-platform GPUI components >What is the likelihood of an attack on a desktop program via memory unsafety? Low. What's the likelihood of someone entering your house if it's unlocked? Also low, and yet you lock it.

discreteevent 41 days ago [–]

A desktop program is already in a locked house - your desktop - which I can't login to.

moralestapia 41 days ago [flagged] | [2 more]

Great.

You answered your own question, then.

Chris2048 41 days ago | | [–]

Do all desktop programs only ever run in "your house"?

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