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Author: Paco Esteban <paco@onna.be>
Date: Tue, 7 May 2019 19:51:29 +0200
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+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+2019-05-07 17:32:26 UTC
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+After the _ups_ moment that Firefox had the other day, I decided to
+write a bit about [staying away from the browser][1] and what tools I
+usually use to achieve that most of the time. Most of the time means
+while not at work thanks to my _dear friend_ slack ...
+
+The browser has become the bigger threat on our desktops, both for
+privacy and security reasons. And there are alternatives for most of the
+tasks we do on it.
+
+Is not that I hate the web, but it has been abused and perverted beyond
+measure. These days a browser is almost a complete OS for a lot of
+people, and that comes with a price.
+
+Also, executing code sent by whatever random site you're visiting never
+seemed like a super good idea to me.
+
+One could argue that trust unknown code is what we do all day, and they
+will be right. But the subtle difference is that you put your trust in
+that software developers and your OS developers (a discrete set of,
+usually quite smart, people) and not on whatever comes through the wire
+(that even with the best of intentions could be compromised).
+
+In the end this seems a bit of a rant about JavaScript and the state of
+the modern web. It was not supposed to be that, but what can one do.
+Maybe I'm just getting old, :-P
+
+:wq
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+[1]: gopher://onna.be/0/browser-dependency.md.txt