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After reading about various vulnerabilities which are the direct result of backwards JS language features - most recently prototype pollution - I’d be hesitant
by jpxw 5y ago
After reading about various vulnerabilities which are the direct result of backwards JS language features - most recently prototype pollution - I’d be hesitant to use JS for writing scripts.
Maybe I’m just being paranoid.
- tgsovlerkhgsel 5y agoI think a much bigger concern is the ecosystem. The node ecosystem is built around having third-party dependencies for everything, which makes it impossible to meaningfully vet the code you're running, and once a dependency gets hijacked, all its dependencies are screwed too.