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comment by YetAnotherAccount

Or, alternatively, just don't run the Javascript in the first place.





user-inactivated  ·  3809 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That's exactly what adblock does, as explained in the article

user-inactivated  ·  3809 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Your Sailor Moon picture is fantastic, I just wanted to say.

user-inactivated  ·  3809 days ago  ·  link  ·  

y thx u

YetAnotherAccount  ·  3809 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I meant don't run Javascript by default (NoScript, HTTPStatusboard, any of a number of options for doing this) - AdBlock only blocks based on a blacklist, which makes it useless against a lot of things.

It's like purely virus database-based antivirus. It will protect you against old exploits, hopefully, but it won't do anything against a zeroday.

user-inactivated  ·  3808 days ago  ·  link  ·  
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