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> compiled applications A lot of HN comments dismissed my prediction[1] that WebAssembly will bring opaque "compiled applications" that treat the canvas as a "
by pdkl95 9y ago
> compiled applications
A lot of HN comments dismissed my prediction[1] that WebAssembly will bring opaque "compiled applications" that treat the canvas as a "standard pixel buffer", allowing adblocking CSS and request filters to be bypassed.
A lot of people seem to be focusing on the benefits of new technological changes ("no longer a restriction"), when they should first be concerned with the potential risks that change will create.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10211050 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10211050
- gruez 9y ago>my prediction[1] that WebAssembly will bring opaque "compiled applications" that treat the canvas as a "standard pixel buffer", allowing adblocking CSS and request filters to be bypassed. They could already do that. It's called serving the whole page as an image
- Crespyl 9y agoOr as a Flash blob, which used to be distressingly common.