Cory Doctorow: Persuasion, Adaptation, and the Arms Race for Your Attention

Re:Cory Doctorow: Persuasion, Adaptation, and the Arms Race ... by Splines on Thursday January 11, 2018 @02:48AM (#16122126)

I've done the same thing, but I wonder how much I am really protecting myself. I need to whitelist sites that I use to get them to work (HN, for example), but that doesn't stop HN from attacking me.

I suppose it raises the bar, but how soon until I whitelist a site that attacks me?

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Re:Cory Doctorow: Persuasion, Adaptation, and the Arms Race ... by superkuh on Thursday January 11, 2018 @04:31AM (#16122520)

You don't need to whitelist HN. It works fine without it. It just involves reloads. Also, it really helps to only ever temporarily whitelist so exposure is minimized and you learn what you can get by with.

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Re:Cory Doctorow: Persuasion, Adaptation, and the Arms Race ... by Majestic121 on Thursday January 11, 2018 @03:48AM (#16122333)

You'll never have perfect security, but whitelisting JS does raise your defense a lot : mainly because you'll be able to block most attacks from third parties/ads

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Re:Cory Doctorow: Persuasion, Adaptation, and the Arms Race ... by pferde on Thursday January 11, 2018 @03:29AM (#16122254)

That's why javascript blocker is just one layer of a multilayer defense.

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