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Do not casually browse the web with JavaScript enabled. The idea of trustless secure computing is compelling but it’s ultimately not reality. There is a new browser engine rce vulnerability on a regular basis, whether it’s chrome or mobilesafari

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yeah k, ill use my notepad

You don’t have to use your notepad. You can just disable JavaScript. Vast majority of text content sites work fine. You always have the option to use JavaScript for sites you explicitly trust.

Chromium (or iridium), while having other downsides, makes it somewhat convenient in the settings to specify per site whether JS, cookies, or images are allowed or blocked, and also lets one leave separate config tabs open to toggle images, javascript, and cookies on quickly when needed, browsing with them off the rest of the time.

Edit: critiques welcome of course.

Or, you know, simply do whatever you want in a VM.

You cannot browse through a VM locally on iOS.

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