2019-12-06 | WebAssembly gets nod from W3C and, most likely, an embrace from cryptojackers online • The Register
"While some developers insist WebAssembly doesn't really change the viewability of web-oriented source code, most of those using WebAssembly at the moment appear to welcome greater inscrutability."
'Web applications that arrive as binary blobs will probably prove to be more resistant to meddling. '
'The approved specs include: the WebAssembly Core Specification, which defines the virtual machine; the WebAssembly Web API, which defines a Promise-based (asynchronous) interface for interacting with wasm files; and the WebAssembly JavaScript Interface, which explains how JavaScript code can interact with WebAssembly functions. '
'A study published in June 2019 from researchers at Technische Universität Braunschweig (Braunschweig Institute of Technology) found "over 50 per cent of all sites using WebAssembly apply it for malicious deeds, such as [crypto] mining and obfuscation."'
'Web Assembly is a binary instruction format that runs on a stack-based virtual machine, so it can operate on multiple chip architectures. '
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0 u/derram 07 Dec 2019 17:22
https://archive.ph/kFRGm :
"While some developers insist WebAssembly doesn't really change the viewability of web-oriented source code, most of those using WebAssembly at the moment appear to welcome greater inscrutability."
'Web applications that arrive as binary blobs will probably prove to be more resistant to meddling. '
'The approved specs include: the WebAssembly Core Specification, which defines the virtual machine; the WebAssembly Web API, which defines a Promise-based (asynchronous) interface for interacting with wasm files; and the WebAssembly JavaScript Interface, which explains how JavaScript code can interact with WebAssembly functions. '
'A study published in June 2019 from researchers at Technische Universität Braunschweig (Braunschweig Institute of Technology) found "over 50 per cent of all sites using WebAssembly apply it for malicious deeds, such as [crypto] mining and obfuscation."'
'Web Assembly is a binary instruction format that runs on a stack-based virtual machine, so it can operate on multiple chip architectures. '
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