all InfoSec news
Breaking Bad: Quantifying the Addiction of Web Elements to JavaScript. (arXiv:2301.10597v1 [cs.CR])
cs.CR updates on arXiv.org arxiv.org
While JavaScript established itself as a cornerstone of the modern web, it
also constitutes a major tracking and security vector, thus raising critical
privacy and security concerns. In this context, some browser extensions propose
to systematically block scripts reported by crowdsourced trackers lists.
However, this solution heavily depends on the quality of these built-in lists,
which may be deprecated or incomplete, thus exposing the visitor to unknown
trackers. In this paper, we explore a different strategy, by investigating the
benefits …
bad block browser browser extensions context cornerstone critical crowdsourced exposing extensions javascript lists major may privacy privacy and security quality scripts security solution trackers tracking web