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No the issue on ios isn't that W^X is enforced, its that you can't mark a page that was writable as executable (whereas W^X just implies that a page can't be both writable and executable at the same time). Firefox has been W^X compliant by default since 2016 as its considered more secure in general.


Ah I see. The iOS restriction makes sense, even though it's more aggressive.


Does it though?

They could block all execution for total security.


> makes sense

So if it didn’t (have this restriction), you’d be confused as to why? Or are you just praising a high-status decision for being high-status?




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