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I see what you did there.... In other news, possibly the best designed website of 2020: http://www.muskfoundation.org/
Similar a company with 250 billion USD revenue (2019) https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/
For those looking for an easy way to disable JS, uBlock Origin has a button to disable it
In my view, micrototalitarian actions like this are every bit as bad as the ills they seek to cure. Insisting on infringing the liberty of others, before even so much as talking to another person is the very core of what ails our society in this time.
I'd argue that wild histrionics as you have just demonstrated are worse than whatever this is (which certainly does not infringe on anyone's liberty).
If you're worried about tracking, you can block ads and tracking scripts without disabling javascript. If you're worried about viruses, well, all I can say there is that in my experience and understanding, if you keep your browser updated, the odds of getting a virus via browser JS are exceedingly low. Doubly so if you're not frequenting sketchy sites.
I don't know, it seems to me like advice from a time before security was a priority for browser makers, and high-quality ad blockers existed. At this point, I really don't see the value.
Any guesses as to why the source code look the way it does? I was expecting a traditional website inside the noscript tags, but instead I found an obfuscated soup letter between them.
This website does not track you . Correction -> This website does not track you via JS. You have no idea what's logged on the backend.
It logs requests to the site, which is far less invasive than the fine detail of browser fingerprinting and tracking that JS allows: JS can see your mouse pointer's position, how long you spent on each area of the page, which parts of the text you selected, and many many other things. Things like this are seriously creepy: https://www.crazyegg.com/blog/mouse-recorder/
eg: hotjar.com sessioncam.com
Legitimate tools for measuring effectiveness of pages with little in the way of nefarious tracking afaics. Also very useful for replaying user errors/problems.
I must say, I don't understand the disable JS movement. I browse with JS on, and uBlock Origin to block ads. It's rare that I have any javascript-related problems in my web browsing. On the other hand, I definitely use a number of sites that rely on javascript for useful purposes. If you're worried about tracking, you can block ads and tracking scripts without disabling javascript. If you're worried about viruses, we…
For those looking for an easy way to disable JS, uBlock Origin has a button to disable it
If using Chrome, you can use Cmd+Shift+C to open DevTools, Cmd+Shift+P to open command palette, and then type 'disable javascript' and hit enter.