beta_tester@lemmy.ml to Firefox@lemmy.ml · 1 year agohow can I disable/ enable webassembly in firefox?message-squaremessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up126arrow-down1message-squarehow can I disable/ enable webassembly in firefox?beta_tester@lemmy.ml to Firefox@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square5fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremagmaus3@szmer.infolinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year agowhy would you want to do that though
minus-squarebeta_tester@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoWebassembly introduces security risks. I’m no pro at this and can’t explain it in more detail. But mull (firefox fork) has it disabled by default and some sites will break because there’s no webassembly.
minus-squaremoreeni@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoCould you elaborate? Judging from the project’s page, it seems that they take security into mind too https://webassembly.org/docs/security/
minus-squarebeta_tester@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoI cna’t elaborate but I can point you forward Here are the arkenfox settings https://arkenfox.github.io/gui/?s=wasm arkenfox disables webassembly. Look for javascript.options.wasm . Following is the description there Vulnerabilities [1] have increasingly been found, including those known and fixed in native programs years ago [2]. WASM has powerful low-level access, making certain attacks (brute-force) and vulnerabilities more possible [STATS] ~0.2% of websites, about half of which are for crytopmining / malvertising [2][3] [1] https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvekey.cgi?keyword=wasm [2] https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/telecom/security/more-worries-over-the-security-of-web-assembly [3] https://www.zdnet.com/article/half-of-the-websites-using-webassembly-use-it-for-malicious-purposes More discussions might be found on sites discussing Tor
why would you want to do that though
Webassembly introduces security risks. I’m no pro at this and can’t explain it in more detail. But mull (firefox fork) has it disabled by default and some sites will break because there’s no webassembly.
Could you elaborate? Judging from the project’s page, it seems that they take security into mind too https://webassembly.org/docs/security/
I cna’t elaborate but I can point you forward
Here are the arkenfox settings https://arkenfox.github.io/gui/?s=wasm arkenfox disables webassembly. Look for javascript.options.wasm .
Following is the description there
More discussions might be found on sites discussing Tor