On: Rust is tier-1 language at Microsoft

[throwaway894345]

If the app doesn't have any sensitive information, then yes. We already do this with home screen widgets today, so clearly there's no real barrier.

[zamalek → throwaway894345]

Apps can have vulnerabilities (intentional or not). It's a contrived example, but maybe some weather app has a custom icon feature, which means you can then browse photos by opening it on the lock screen and going to that setting.

[throwaway894345 → zamalek]

Widgets can't have vulnerabilities?

[zamalek → throwaway894345]

They can, but scope and features increase surface area: their limited functionality intrinsically limits that.

[throwaway894345 → zamalek]

Widgets are just apps with limited scope and surface area. There’s no reason they can’t apply this to the weather app which already has (or should have) a limited scope.