[LINK] Security problems with Java in browsers

[Roger Clarke]

At 22:03 -0300 17/9/12, Fernando Cassia wrote:
>  ... But that is just me. I admit not being unbiased when it comes 
>to the JRE and the idea of cross-platform software :)

For clarity, I *like* the idea of cross-platform software, and accept 
that performance-penalties are inherent if a run-time interpreter is 
used.

I was put off by the many problems, and by the eye-candy (and haven't 
been aware of the various things I can't have without it).

I don't like the idea of dependence on "Ghz CPUs and no shortage of 
RAM".  That's part of the problem underlying the low quality of 
modern appdev.

And is the sandbox still real, or has local security been breached?

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