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__MatrixMan__ • today at 1:29 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

The web as we know it was never securable. LLMs made it obvious. We made a wrong turn somewhere back around JavaScript. Eventually we'll get fed up with the quick fixes and design something better. I don't blame the LLMs for this. I blame whoever made that wrong turn back in the 90's (and us, for not turning around sooner).


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vanviegen • today at 1:54 PM

You're blaming JavaScript? The language that succeeded at delivering fully sandboxed rich client-side applications better than any other tech? With the worst incidents generally being 'just' various forms of fingerprinting?

Or, if you're thinking server-side JavaScript: would the web have been more secure running PHP and Python?

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