Re: Runaway javascript

From	PietB <www.godfatherof.nl/@opt-in.invalid>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.software.firefox
Subject	Re: Runaway javascript
Date	2021-04-16 19:19 +0200
Organization	Aioe.org NNTP Server
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Rich wrote:
> Why would you want to allow others to automaticallly run arbitrary, 
> turing complete, programs inside *your* browser?

(added) functionality

> Couple that with the fact that 90+% of those arbitrary, turing 
> complete, programs are present on the pages for the sole purpose of 
> shoving advertising in your face

advertisements? where?

> and you'll understand why many of us refuse to let JS run on most sites.

not "many", but "a few"

But why do you use a computer anyway, connected to an open network?
Quoting Gene Spafford: "The only truly secure system is one that is
powered off, cast in a block of concrete and sealed in a lead-lined
room with armed guards -- and even then I have my doubts."

-p

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