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How is this technically possible? When I hover over a link, my browser informs me it takes me somewhere; then when I click it, it takes me to go.bluesky. Is the destination changing at the moment the click occurs? Why are they hiding this?
Javascript could change the url on the click event.
That's messed up. Javascript should never have been introduced T_T
JS isn't that problem. It's a tool, and I'd wager your expectation of web page functionality hinges on it in most cases. If we didn't have it we'd be back to the 90s where web pages fully refresh every time we click on something, if we want to see the information update on the page. JS, CSS, and HTML are the foundations of what we call websites.
Like any tool it can be used for dirty shit, but in order for it to be functional in the ways we want it to be it will also have potential for abuse.
If you want to you can install add-ons that block JS functionality - go ahead and enable them if you like; it let's you enable JS elements manually so that you can maintain a better security posture online. I'm not even being sassy, I recommend you do it if you care about privacy or security.
It'll be a giant pain in the ass though and you'll end up having to enable a bunch of stuff manually to get websites to work. But you'll learn a lot and you'll be better protected against tracking, malware, ads, etc.
It's a tool for the developer, but a security risk for the user. The web should have had a more restrictive set of a features. This would ensure websites operate more similarly to each other and abuse be less rampant. We should have been very conservative adding features to the web, instead of rapidly embracing new technology for short-term benefit.
I had JS off by default on my smartphone for about three years. The web was a miserable experience, not because of a lack of functionality, but because of broken functionality.
Js is absolute the problem and I say this as a developer. There's just too much power that is almost always used for abuse. Do we really need Navigator api and webrtc to be enabled by default etc?
It's very clear that JS has been hijacked by bad actors long ago and I love Javascript and all of the cool things it allows us to do its just clearly in an abusive relationship.
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