What we -should- do is focus on things that we can actually benefit from. Instead of mass-murder, why not fix the internet by fixing javascript (ie. dis, fucking, allow, whitelist basis only), fixing flash (bye), fixing CSS (stop reading my history and stop scanning my ports!) and fixing HTML so we don't need to rely on stupid things (flash, silverlight, the thing Google made) to make browsing an enjoyable experience.
I can deliver you a browser that is virtually unexploitable. Firefox running with NoScript,
Should Be Shot (Score:3, Insightful)
Malware and Virus authors should be lined up against a wall and shot. They are cancers and need to be irradiated.
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I mean eradicated...although irradiated would probably work well too.
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What we -should- do is focus on things that we can actually benefit from. Instead of mass-murder, why not fix the internet by fixing javascript (ie. dis, fucking, allow, whitelist basis only), fixing flash (bye), fixing CSS (stop reading my history and stop scanning my ports!) and fixing HTML so we don't need to rely on stupid things (flash, silverlight, the thing Google made) to make browsing an enjoyable experience.
I can deliver you a browser that is virtually unexploitable. Firefox running with NoScript,
Re:Should Be Shot (Score:1)
Firefox running with NoScript
Just to whinge for a moment, Firefox+NoScript really get on my tits. Seems like it wants to add a new update to one or the other every bloody day.
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Covered in the Q&A on NoScript's page: http://noscript.net/faq#qa2_6 [noscript.net].
The answer Maone gives is detailed, and contains a few "fixes" for your on-your-tit-getting.
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