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Re:Spectre mitigations murder userspace performance by netr0ute on Saturday June 19, 2021 @09:17AM (#27560205)
That's what JavaScript blockers like NoScript and uBlock Origin are for.
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Re:Spectre mitigations murder userspace performance by diegocg on Saturday June 19, 2021 @11:15AM (#27561173)
Ad blockers can not know if a JavaScript algorithm is dangerous or not
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Re:Spectre mitigations murder userspace performance by a1369209993 on Saturday June 19, 2021 @02:03PM (#27562766)
It doesn't matter if it's dangerous or not if it doesn't get to run in the first place.
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Re:Spectre mitigations murder userspace performance by netr0ute on Saturday June 19, 2021 @01:48PM (#27562603)
People do, and the JS algorithms will get added to adblocker lists in no time.
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