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by neerdowell 3707 days ago
We only spent 15 years trying to fix the mistakes. The last 5 have been spent repeating them.
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On the contrary, I would argue that most new web platform features have been designed with more thought for security. We generally ask for user permission first before divulging data, for example. Some new features help mitigate past mistakes, too, like Content Security Policies.