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Re:We found a stable Firefox identifier linking all your pri... by danlitt on Friday April 24, 2026 @06:54AM (#47888427)
I do wear clothes (all JS code runs in a sandbox).

This is a bit like saying "you should lock the door to your house" and therefore refusing to prosecute someone who steals from a house with a broken window frame. I did lock my door, and it's still a crime regardless!

Re:We found a stable Firefox identifier linking all your pri... by ZiiS on Tuesday April 28, 2026 @06:42AM (#47932635)
I did not mean to excuse Firefox leaking this identifier or suggest we shouldn't strive to be as secure as possible. I just took issue with the blanket statement "should not have to choose". As well as making the Browser as secure as possible we also have to chose to limit functionality.