While JavaScript established itself as a cornerstone of the modern web, it also constitutes a major tracking and security vector, thus raising critical privacy and security concerns. In this context, some browser extensions propose to systematically block scripts reported by crowdsourced trackers li...
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While JavaScript established itself as a cornerstone of the modern web, it also constitutes a major tracking and security vector, thus raising critical privacy and security concerns. In this context, some browser extensions propose to systematically block scripts reported by crowdsourced trackers li...
Even though the title sounds quite imperative, it's quite balanced observation of current state of web development, especially moving all the HTML rendering from the server to the browsers.
New Rule: Every website must disclose their password storage format on the signup page.
(gizmodo.com)
Scared to disclose? It's too weak.
Neat way to leverage PhantomJS :)
Source available here: https://github.com/qbit/blog
This was a websockets experiment I did a while back.
If anyone knows why firefox dies.. I would love to know :D