JavaScript, that once promised to be so useful, has become the tool of choice for the wonderful surveillance dystopia we live in…
A year ago, I tried for a few months to use the Web without any JavaScript running. If it was fine on a few selected (and, unsurprisingly, privacy respecting websites) it was… close to impossible everywhere else, including state/government/public services websites. That’s the first thing I would want to change if we were to take back some control/privacy: official/public services should not rely on privacy invasive tools.
For general use, it’s almost impossible, but I found it very doable to have a browser without js in the phone, for reading stuff. Turns out most news and informational sites are readable without js.
JavaScript, that once promised to be so useful, has become the tool of choice for the wonderful surveillance dystopia we live in…
A year ago, I tried for a few months to use the Web without any JavaScript running. If it was fine on a few selected (and, unsurprisingly, privacy respecting websites) it was… close to impossible everywhere else, including state/government/public services websites. That’s the first thing I would want to change if we were to take back some control/privacy: official/public services should not rely on privacy invasive tools.
I wonder if it’s possible to selectively limit it to certain libraries or function calls, disabling the rest.
For general use, it’s almost impossible, but I found it very doable to have a browser without js in the phone, for reading stuff. Turns out most news and informational sites are readable without js.