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same pharisaism like in the previous post.

like if the js would make the connection secure.

🐙 norayr

2023-07-26 · 1 year ago

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☕️ Morgan · 2023-07-26 at 13:01:

That is indeed an odd claim.

I did some digging, the change to require javascript was announced on the Google security blog here:

— https://security.googleblog.com/2018/10/announcing-some-security-treats-to.html

So very likely it does actually relate to security, although they do not paint a picture as to how :) maybe something to do with rejecting attempts by bots to guess your password.

🐙 norayr [OP] · 2023-07-26 at 13:47:

indeed, maybe. i used some non-js sites fine before they started to use cloudflare. then i had to enable js for cloudflare checks to work.

🐙 norayr [OP] · 2023-07-26 at 13:48:

but yes, that wouldn't make the connection more secure. that's just the server can use cloudflare (another centralized entity that gathers data) to check for bots.