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Your browser is a platform that downloads and runs arbitrary code on your local hardware. "JavaScript bad" doesn't capture the nuance I read in people's comme
by klyrs 3y ago
Your browser is a platform that downloads and runs arbitrary code on your local hardware. "JavaScript bad" doesn't capture the nuance I read in people's comments here, but history shows that JavaScript is a gaping maw of security nightmares.
- sublinear 3y agoModern browsers are what have removed the nuance. Please tell me what about the Web API for JS is truly dangerous. Native apps and programmable documents (PDFs and spreadsheets for example) are the real security nightmare. The danger on the web lies squarely with easily fooled idiots visiting shady sites.
- amelius 3y agoFingerprinting is one example.
- klyrs 3y agoFor me personally it isn't as much "danger" as annoyance. Most of the web is hidden behind piles of modals, dickbars, autoplay videos, etc. Almost none of that happens without javascript. But don't dismiss those fools, they're inside sensitive networks around the world.