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by gnomewascool 2578 days ago
> This is not helpful, because only an extremely small proportion of Web users run NoScript, and nor should they have to.

Most (non-technical) Web users also don't run their own web servers, so they aren't affected. Among technical users, the proportion with NoScript is probably not as small.

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Their routers do, along with an ever growing number of IoT devices people happily hook up to their WiFi without a second thought.

Given the long and gory history of companies releasing insecure by default devices methods like this are a legitimate entry point into a network.

Most users have a modem or router that comes with a web interface, like just about everything in the internet of things.