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Having an engine monoculture doesn't actually reduce attack surface. People don't visit each web page with every browser they have installed on their device.

What it does is hold part of the system constant, so that attackers know ahead of time that iOS users will be running WebKit. Reducing variability makes attacks easier and increases the value of WebKit vulnerabilities.



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