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> machine crippling JS malware is a click a way I have been using the internet nearly daily for about 20 years now. I can't recall a single time I clicked on s
by neurotrace 9y ago
> machine crippling JS malware is a click a way
I have been using the internet nearly daily for about 20 years now. I can't recall a single time I clicked on something that gave me "machine crippling JS malware".
Barring some serious security gaps, JS isn't even capable of doing anything more than lock up the browser and maybe send some extremely minimal information about you back to someone elses server.
- gpderetta 9y agoCrippling in the sense that I have to forcibly kill whatever browser I'm using because it is using 100% cpu and the machine becomes very unresponsive.
- sedachv 9y ago> Barring some serious security gaps, JS isn't even capable of doing anything more than lock up the browser and maybe send some extremely minimal information about you back to someone elses server. Not true. First JavaScript Rowhammer exploit was publicized in 2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L5MJ43nbkI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L5MJ43nbkI
- neurotrace 9y agoInteresting. I stand corrected.