Re: Konqueror - security hole or bug?
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On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 09:32:18AM +0200, Hans wrote:
> Dear community,
>
> I found a strange behaviour with konqueror (does anyone use it?) and I believe
> it is either a bug or a security problem.
>
> the problem is the following:
[browser generates lots of traffic]
Well, browsers are designed to do that. Any javascript snippet served
to you by e.g. www.heise.de or youtube.com may be phoning home anytime
to "afford to you an awesome user experience".
It might be pretty instructive to try to find out what *exactly* is
going on (I sometimes do) -- but my "solution" is to disable javascript
in my browser (these days, it takes some poking, but it's still
possible). I have one browser profile with javascript enabled for
the seldom cases I care enough about the functionality.
Sad, but true.
regards
- -- t
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