JavaScript is now required to sign in to Google

Re:JavaScript is now required to sign in to Google by mathw on Thursday November 01, 2018 @06:21AM (#18352504)

I find the idea of detecting someone's trying to bust your login page with some kind of automated system and deciding to serve them a ridiculously aggressive Bitcoin miner rather amusing.

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Re:JavaScript is now required to sign in to Google by dspillett on Thursday November 01, 2018 @06:54AM (#18352665)

You risk setting up a little cold war that you probably don't have time for though...

"Think you are clever, eh, try this for size..." -- some attackers in response to being affected by your counter measures.

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Re:JavaScript is now required to sign in to Google by aequitas on Thursday November 01, 2018 @07:50AM (#18353043)

Whats stopping that war from happening at any other time? If a attacker has the resources and carelessness to mount such an attack at a whim you should be prepared for it?

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Re:JavaScript is now required to sign in to Google by dspillett on Thursday November 01, 2018 @12:45PM (#18355857)

Nothing, but trying to hack them back seems like a way to invite more personal attention than your services might otherwise get.

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