@[email protected]M to Libre [email protected] • edit-22 years agoFSF announces JShelter browser add-on to combat threats from nonfree JavaScript — Free Software Foundationwww.fsf.orgmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down13cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up125arrow-down1external-linkFSF announces JShelter browser add-on to combat threats from nonfree JavaScript — Free Software Foundationwww.fsf.org@[email protected]M to Libre [email protected] • edit-22 years agomessage-square7fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•2 years agoIt’s not merely a different name. It’s an entirely different extension which does something completely different. JShelter isn’t LibreJS. JShelter doesn’t have anything to do with licensing.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•2 years agoJShelter does stuff like blocking precise gelocation, determining battery level, leaking local IP address, responding to analytics beacons, etc. It limits the APIs that JS is allowed to use.
It’s not merely a different name. It’s an entirely different extension which does something completely different. JShelter isn’t LibreJS. JShelter doesn’t have anything to do with licensing.
JShelter does stuff like blocking precise gelocation, determining battery level, leaking local IP address, responding to analytics beacons, etc.
It limits the APIs that JS is allowed to use.
oh, oops! thanks