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1. Shamar (shamar@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 14-Sep-2018 03:03:27 EDT Shamar

   A #security bug report landed at #Mozilla...
   all #browsers affected...
   thousands attacks...
   ...one solution.

   Opt-in #JS.

   1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Friday, 14-Sep-2018 03:20:41 EDT Strypey

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      @Shamar people will say that users will be inconvenienced if they have to opt-in to running JS in their browser. That doesn't stop Windows and Mac from popping up warnings when you try to run third-party software directly on the OS. Similarly, if you only have to opt-in the first time you use a given site (and can choose whether to allow goOgle Anal-ticks etc), it's not that inconvenient, and very educational. This is how I use #NoScript