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> So, we're talking about desktops not used to browse the internet You can browse the internet without JS. Many people here seem to do so.
by jolmg 7y ago
> So, we're talking about desktops not used to browse the internet
You can browse the internet without JS. Many people here seem to do so.
- gpm 7y agoTechnically true. The number of people who do isn't statistically interesting though. If you are I still wouldn't advise doing so while turning off the mitigations since you're still parsing and displaying hostile ip/tcp/http/(html/CSS/image/video/...). For example, http://www.misc0110.net/web/files/netspectre.pdf http://www.misc0110.net/web/files/netspectre.pdf
- vkou 7y agoIf you're browsing the internet without JS, you don't need a CPU that was built this decade to do so.
- jolmg 7y agoYet, Meltdown is said to probably effect every processor since 25 years ago[1], so I doubt people would have one from before then by chance or be willing to use it. [1] https://meltdownattack.com/#faq-systems-meltdown https://meltdownattack.com/#faq-systems-meltdown
- lonelappde 7y agoEvery Intel processor.
- enriquto 7y agoIndeed, I need my CPU for other things that browsing the web.
- dijit 7y ago>Many people here seem to do so. And many more are ardent that "I should not build a non-js version of my website just for the >1% of users who disable javascript". Personally I do not disable javascript because it makes huge portions of the web inaccessible, in weird and frustratingly ambiguous ways. But I used to, and I am the kind of person who would again if it were a remote option.
- p1necone 7y agoI think it's also possible that the people who do are just much more prone to talking about it. Who talks about how they don't disable javascript unprompted?