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by craigyk 3082 days ago
It also consumes lots of CPU to scan memory this way, so just be on the lookout for webpages consuming lots of unexpected CPU.
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In the age of fancy JavaScript webapps, this seems laughable. 2 or 3 tabs in Chrome is enough to turn my laptop into a space heater.
That describes most websites. I guess noscript might help, but it's a pain to manage the whitelist for that.