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I don’t think you can equate the two. ActiveX was barely sandboxed... in fact I’d like to say they were not sandboxed at all. They were native code running basi
by spookthesunset 6y ago
I don’t think you can equate the two. ActiveX was barely sandboxed... in fact I’d like to say they were not sandboxed at all. They were native code running basically as root on your machine.
It was something that came back when Microsoft was still convinced the internet would be a fad. Those activeX things could do all sorts of fun exciting things on your computer.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y agoOh ActiveX was definitely worse, I should know since I was using the internet plenty when it was prominent. My point is, though, that malicious actors still basically control the web. They may not be executing native code without any controls, but that doesn't mean that the modern web isn't still their playground.