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The idea that a website can store things locally on my machine -- especially without my knowledge or permission -- is !@#$ing absurd. The idea that a different
by inetknght 6y ago
The idea that a website can store things locally on my machine -- especially without my knowledge or permission -- is !@#$ing absurd. The idea that a different website can then access that data is beyond infuriating.
- wmichelin 6y agoHey, have you ever heard of cookies?
- toastal 6y agoYeah, I'd be pretty mad if I had to log into a website every time I opened it or be blinded by a white screen at night when I toggled the dark theme last time I visited. There's so many good uses for storage to make things behave as one would expect. And it'd be a lot of friction to have permission dialogs for things as basic as cookies or localStorage.
- laumars 6y agoI agree cookies have proven to be a largely pro-user feature over time but do you remember the backlash from techies and reporters alike when browsers first started implementing cookies back in the 90s?
- inetknght 6y agoYup. Cookies are neat little chunks of things that a website puts on my computer that I then transmit back to it. What is localstorage? Localstorage isn't little nor is it necessarily transmitted back.
- potamic 6y agoDoesn't that come under the browser sandbox? Cross domain access shouldn't be possible.