Madrigal

Bug fixing is not a reason to enable massive privacy violations.

That much is true.

you can send it to a server

Yes, because web browsers, under current web architecture, allow this.

This is entirely my point.

That can all be done 100% client side. The server does not need this information.

Here’s the information a web server needs to deliver content to a browser:

• The requested resource
• An IP address
• User credentials (sometimes)

Everything else is a fucking security hole. There’s no good reason for servers to know what extensions you have installed, what OS you’re running, the dimensions of your browser window, where your mouse cursor is positioned, or any one of a thousand other data points that browsers freely hand over.

Still don’t really understand why browsers expose this data to sites.

Web browsers are just such a massive security hole.

The officer concluded that Sacco “was experiencing an episode of road rage which caused her to actually and intentionally increase the speed of her vehicle and strike (the victim) against her will.”

Police arrested Sacco on charges of leaving the scene of a crash involving injuries and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.

Why not attempted murder?

But…but Magic Box™

Luigi was framed.