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I’d say “allowing the code to run on the host computer” is way less confusing for the less technical people than “allowing the code to run outside the sandbox”. Most people have absolutely no idea what sandboxing means.

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You can still cut the jargon and tell the essence. E.g. "the exploit allows malicious code to run without the confines of the browser, giving it access to everything the user normally has access to".

IHMO lying / being vague is never good when trying to educate someone. Non-technical people are not dumb and can understand what a sandbox is.

How would they know what it is if nobody explains it to them? It's not like the term is obvious.

Not knowing something is better than "knowing" something false.

Whats is false in this case?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22011910

Have you ever read a summary of a license or a legal document? It's the same idea.

Simplifying terms and using approximations so that the uninitiated can understand is not lying, it's good communication. We can't use jargon all the time.

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