JavaScript is now required to sign in to Google

Re:JavaScript is now required to sign in to Google by arkadiyt on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @07:31PM (#18350110)

As others have mentioned, nearly the entire internet breaks without javascript - it's a sad state of affairs.

One protection I like to use is to disable javascript that is loaded over plaintext http - this breaks nearly nothing, and is easy to do via Chrome settings: https://i.imgur.com/NRVg5Xf.png

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Re:JavaScript is now required to sign in to Google by anonunt on Thursday November 01, 2018 @04:41AM (#18352174)

I browse without javascript all the time, sometimes i need to switch to another browser to buy something from some random site, but generally its just a faster better internet with very dodgey sites self selecting themselves out of my usage.

If there is one or two sites i really want to use in my main browser that need JS i can white list that site - but only exactly that site.

I am not an expert but it seems a better experience to me and i don't really think it make me less secure?

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Re:JavaScript is now required to sign in to Google by snowwrestler on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @11:57PM (#18351357)

Chrome will always block an HTTP javascript call by an HTTPS page. So given the growing prevalence of HTTPS, I think this setting is probably doing less and less for you.

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Re:JavaScript is now required to sign in to Google by yjftsjthsd-h on Thursday November 01, 2018 @04:09AM (#18352072)

And therefore, this setting is safer and safer to enable:)

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