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Post by matheusmoreira » Sun, Nov 29, 2020, 2:05 AM UTC

zamalek wrote: post #133

tempestn wrote: post #124

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…

> If you're worried about viruses [...] Not to mention that a host of vulnerabilities were image related a few years back (one of the original rookits exploited a TGA bug). > uBlock Origin Honestly, this is the antivirus of the web. I helped my niece set up my old computer for Minecraft today, and she was explaining how her friend had installed viruses (adware, really) 3 times. Every one of those instances was caused…

Post by sicromoft » Sun, Nov 29, 2020, 2:06 AM UTC

sam0x17 wrote: post #157

zamalek wrote: post #133

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> If you're worried about viruses [...] Not to mention that a host of vulnerabilities were image related a few years back (one of the original rookits exploited a TGA bug). > uBlock Origin Honestly, this is the antivirus of the web. I helped my niece set up my old computer for Minecraft today, and she was explaining how her friend had installed viruses (adware, really) 3 times. Every one of those instances was caused…

In my experience Brave Browser (chrome based) runs circles around uBlock origin FYI

Post by jolux » Sun, Nov 29, 2020, 2:11 AM UTC

matheusmoreira wrote: post #156

tempestn wrote: post #124

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…

> I don't understand the disable JS movement Javascript is a privacy and security nightmare. It's almost equivalent to downloading and silently executing untrusted code on your machine. I say "almost" because Javascript code is virtualized and sandboxed. Though I have no doubt people have already discovered vulnerabilities that enable code to break out of the sandbox.

Post by dreamcompiler » Sun, Nov 29, 2020, 2:18 AM UTC

tempestn wrote: post #124

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…

Post by Arnavion » Sun, Nov 29, 2020, 2:32 AM UTC

h_anna_h wrote: post #111

userbinator wrote: post #67

As someone who has JS off by default for a long time (ever since I discovered how much it could remove annoyances, and this was back when SPAs were basically nonexistent) and is thus often subjected to "Please enable JS" messages which more likely than not will simply make me click the back button[1], I am delighted to see this exists --- I've thought of the idea before, but never did anything with it: https://news.y…

As someone who has JS off by default (via uMatrix) I see a blank page.