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Ask HN: Is JavaScript as insecure as ActiveX was at the peak?

2•roschdal•1h ago

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DamonHD•1h ago
No.

Microsoft was utterly reckless with ActiveX (as with much of their other tech) as I see things, whereas JS has had a lot of attention from people who care and know what they are doing.

roschdal•1h ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49570669

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/cve-2026-85046

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