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echo: rberrypi
to: MAYAYANA
from: AHEM A RIVET`S SHOT
date: 2020-08-31 12:34:00
subject: Re: Spectre / Meltdown

On Sun, 30 Aug 2020 19:57:58 -0400
"Mayayana"  wrote:

>    You think MS is to blame? Javascript was being phased
> out, with close to 10% of people disabling it, a few years
> sgo. The same with iframes. What changed it had nothing
> to do with Microsoft. It was targetted ads and the spying
> that goes with them.

 That was *long* after ActiveX made having JavaScript affect the
machine instead of just the sandbox a thing.

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