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> Am I the only one to see the horrendous security flaw? No, every user of NoScript sees it. At the end of the day, your computer has executed billions upon bi
by Jach 15y ago
> Am I the only one to see the horrendous security flaw?
No, every user of NoScript sees it. At the end of the day, your computer has executed billions upon billions of instructions, most of which you have no idea what their purpose is or if they leak your security or privacy. Even those of us running a Linux box have this problem. I trust a lot of code, I trust my CPU and my BIOS and my OS, and my NoScript whitelist has only grown, it doesn't shrink. (It does gain temporary permissions every so often when I don't quite trust the source but figure the risks are negligible.)
The vast majority of people (and website owners) don't want to harm you or your computer or society as a whole (There is a lot of low-hanging fruit for the studious domestic terrorist.) People have good reason to think they'll be safe executing unknown code. The model caught on because it's useful and because the web of trust extends far. NoScript is still used by the minority and that's unlikely to change.