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Re:Linux page table isolation is not needed on AMD processors by nemothekid on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @09:47PM (#16057871)
JS is part of the web - going JS-less under the guise of security seems fruitless to me. Even if I went JS-less, it would be very difficult for me to convince anyone with access to privileges on my life to go JS-less as well. A JS exploit could affect my parents which would in turn affect me. A JS exploit could affect my doctor/lawyer/bank teller which could affect me.

I'm not sure what the advantages of this argument are anymore. JS is now so ubiquitous I can only imagine how a drive-by JS exploit can truly mess you up in obscure ways despite the fact you browse the web with IE4.

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Re:Linux page table isolation is not needed on AMD processors by pdimitar on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @06:25AM (#16060114)
That is the true counter-point here. Even if one person protects themselves better they are so connected to several (or many) others that the overall protection gains are miniscule.

And this is not gonna change before a huge paradigm shift in network protocols and network apps.

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