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Remember that you run a lot of untrusted code on your single-user desktop through Javascript on websites. Javascript can do all those side channel attacks like

Remember that you run a lot of untrusted code on your single-user desktop through Javascript on websites. Javascript can do all those side channel attacks like Spectre and Meltdown.

bee_rider 3y ago
There are almost certainly unmitigated Spectre-style bugs hiding in modern hardware. People who don’t block JavaScript by default are impossible to protect anyway.
VyseofArcadia 3y ago
Maybe you do, but some of us use NoScript[0] and whitelist sites we trust. I'm not affiliated with NoScript. I just think it's insane that we run oodles of code to display web pages. [0] https://noscript.net/ https://noscript.net/
- Workaccount2 3y ago
  Using no-script made me realize how unchained the Internet has become. Sites with upwards of 15 different domains all running whatever JS they want on your machine. Totally insane.