It seems to me that some sort of lookahead function could be implemented to detect this sort of attack at the browser level.
Also, what is wrong with people?
Also, what is wrong with people?
It's been common knowledge at least since the Porygon episode of Pokemon[0] in the late 90s.
>It's possible (and this is purely speculation) that the attacker sent the strobe to give some comedic punch to the statement "you deserve a seizure" not expecting or hoping that it would actually cause a seizure.
It's possible but knowing people and the internet, it's more likely they were hoping an actual seizure would be the "comedic punch."