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Bendertoday at 4:38 PM1 replyview on HN

Javascript can query chrome extensions [1] and much more [2].

[1] - https://browserleaks.com/chrome

[2] - https://browserleaks.com/javascript


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francoi8today at 5:10 PM

This blows my mind. What good reason is there for giving javascript such permissions by default? This should at the minimum trigger an explicit permission request from the user.