Isn’t this mostly because browsers in that era didn’t have process isolation (an...

Jaxan · 2026-01-01T12:31:45 1767270705

You shouldn’t blame it on the browsers that certain websites are malicious.

swiftcoder · 2026-01-01T15:15:16 1767280516

I expect the software I use to properly sanitise untrusted inputs, yes

Jaxan · 2026-01-01T17:05:17 1767287117

Sure, but still, why blame (only) the browser?

swiftcoder · 2026-01-01T17:10:06 1767287406

I was also blaming the OS for not having preemptive multi-tasking? And once we've blamed the OS and the browser... not sure who else is in this equation.

The web developer is not in this equation, because I have no way to know their server hasn't been hacked, and hence even if I trust them personally, anything they send me is explicitly untrusted