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JavaScript Is Powerful

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Back in the early days of the internet, web pages were static, meaning they they contained text and images that were displayed on the screen - but didn’t change or interact with the user. Of course, only so much that is interesting can happen with static content. - Several different technologies were developed to facilitate dynamic web pages. JavaScript is one of these technologies.

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JavaScript is a programming language. Many web servers host programs written in JavaScript, which are sent to devices as part of the web page. - The device runs the JavaScript on its local processor and follows the commands of the program, which can animate images on the website, - popup a menu, and do many other useful things.

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JavaScript Is Dangerous

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Of course, the concept of running arbitrary programs from a website is potentially dangerous. So there are limitations placed on JavaScript - to keep it from doing things like installing viruses. However, it turns out that these limitations are overly broad. - Below is a screenshot from webkay, which is a website that demonstrates the type of information that - JavaScript can produce about a device. Browser Leaks is another good resource.

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For privacy purposes, the ideal would be to browse the internet with JavaScript disabled. However, there are some websites that legitimately require - JavaScript to accomplish their purposes and others that don’t work correctly without JavaScript even though they could be programmed to do so. - Privacy Browser addresses this by making it easy to toggle JavaScript on and off. Tapping the privacy shield will toggle it between blue - or yellow (both of which indicate - that JavaScript is disabled) and red (JavaScript enabled). - Looking at the different information webkay can collect with JavaScript enabled and disabled is informative.

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Browsing the internet with JavaScript disabled, and only enabling it if needed, goes a long way to protecting user privacy. In addition, JavaScript - is used to load much of the annoying advertisements and extra cruft that comes along with most modern websites. With it disabled, websites will - load faster, consume less network traffic, and contain less annoying advertisements, like those that cover up the text of the entire web page.

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