I don't know why everyone hates javascript so much. from a web developer's point of view it's an extremely powerful tool.On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 09:34:36PM -0700, Steve Holmes wrote: > Well, this sounds like some other features in windows; uh, > accessibility? that was tacked on after the fact too. I refer > particularly to their "active accessibility." > > Another thing that contributes to the proliferation of this malware is > the use of active content in web pages and e-mails. Hence HTML mail > is evil! Another big reason to hate javascript. Those scripts can be > used to launch local code on your machine to do God knows what and we > can't look at a lot of it because it is secret proprietary code. > Correction: the HTML stuff can often be looked at locally offline but > I think that flash stuff is protected. Stick to text-only web and > e-mail and those outlets will never spy on you. Now if somebody gets > the bright idea of "calling home" from a standard desktop application, > that would be another story. But that can be watched as long as the > source remains available. > > On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 11:49:15PM +0000, Toby Fisher wrote: > > Hmmm, not quite correct, but it is true to say that, for example, the > > Outlook-type worm couldn't spread in Linux just because there's not an app > > that works that way. In addition, Winblows was not, orriginally, written > > with networks in general and the Internet in particular in mind (MS > > released a press release that indirectly stated this fact 2 or 3 years > > ago), where that is precisely Linux's strength, and therefore it has > > security built-in from the ground up, rather than being tagged on later. > > > > Cheers. > > > > -- > > Toby Fisher Email: toby at tjfisher.co.uk > > Tel.: +44(0)1480 417272 Mobile: +44(0)7974 363239 > > ICQ: #61744808 > > Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. > > See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > -- > HolmesGrown Solutions > The best solutions for the best price! > http://ld.net/?holmesgrown > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid back.
