Re:Pentagon Now Sees Big Data as 'National Security Threat'
by dmix on Tuesday August 13, 2013 @12:38PM
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I'm a Javascript developer and I always use NoScript.
Most JS is bad JS. Activating it when needed on some sites (such as interacting w/ some buttons) is pretty quick. Plus you can whitelist certain things like Disqus and common sites.
Overall the security/speed benefits are worth it.
Re:Pentagon Now Sees Big Data as 'National Security Threat'
by LoganCale on Tuesday August 13, 2013 @12:32PM
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And all you have to do when you need JS is enable it selectively for that site via NoScript.
Re:Pentagon Now Sees Big Data as 'National Security Threat'
by Amadou on Tuesday August 13, 2013 @12:59PM
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I use NoScript too and 99 times out of 100 when I do enable javascript for a particular site it is just froofroo crap that adds noise not signal. But I've been using the web since before java, much less javascript, was invented so maybe I am old.
Re:Pentagon Now Sees Big Data as 'National Security Threat'
by lutusp on Tuesday August 13, 2013 @09:50PM
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> I use NoScript too and 99 times out of 100 when I do enable javascript for a particular site it is just froofroo crap that adds noise not signal.
Probably true, and as often as you say. Here are two counterexamples:
http://arachnoid.com/mandelbrot_set/index.html#Mandelbrot_Ge...
Wow. JavaScript is so ubiquitous now, that running NoScript must be like television without ... television. I mean, NoScript makes sense -- there are any number of scams that require JavaScript to be active -- but so much online content, online experience, now relies on it.