Re: C5 : Firefox 38 bug

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On Sat, 2015-06-13 at 10:55 -0600, jd1008 wrote:

> The most offensive problems of using browsers is that
> they do not tell you nor ask your permission when javascripts
> spy on your entire storage contents.
> I had asked a java developer at Sun Microsystems about
> what Sun means when it says that Java runs in a sandbox?
> Just what is the sandbox?
> I also asked if browsers that execute javascripts are retricted
> to this notion of a sandbox that does not leak out into
> the rest of the system.
> 
> He said the "sandbox" is the entire storage on your computer.
> 
> Enough said.

It is my understanding that Java and Javascript are different; that Java
is dangerous whilst Javascript is (hopefully) harmless.


-- 
Regards,

Paul.
England, EU.      England's place is in the European Union.

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