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Oh please. Is this suppose to be some sort of gotcha about the dangers of using JavaScript? I don't see how the existence of hardware level (CPU) vulnerability
by 14u2c 6y ago
Oh please. Is this suppose to be some sort of gotcha about the dangers of using JavaScript? I don't see how the existence of hardware level (CPU) vulnerability that could impact any software, including the browser itself, applies here.
If you refuse to use a modern web browser, that's a totally valid choice, but doing it based on some misguided notion of security is nonsensical.
- app4soft 6y ago> but doing it based on some misguided notion of security What browser you use? I suppose it is Chrome/Chromuim-based browser of Firefox. Did you read its changelogs? There are a lot of JavaScript-related vulnerability issues fixed this year (as in previous 10 years), right?
- 14u2c 6y agoFor most people the value provided by using the modern web, which for all intents and purposes requires JS, far outweighs the risks. There are of course exceptions, those in particularly sensitive situations, but in those cases other precautions should be taken as well. And yes, the text based browser you use may see fewer security patches in the change log, but it is also far less tested. The user base is just not there. If no JavaScript is that important to you it can easily be disabled in Firefox and I'd wager you'd come out ahead in terms of security.
- app4soft 6y ago> If no JavaScript is that important to you it can easily be disabled in Firefox JFTR, Is not Firefox GUI itself uses/based on JS?[0] [0] https://techjourney.net/disable-javascript-in-firefox/ https://techjourney.net/disable-javascript-in-firefox/