The Security Risks of HTML5 Development 275
CowboyRobot writes "Local storage is a big change from HTML of the past, where browsers could only use cookies to store small bits of information, such as session tokens, for managing identity. HTML5 changes this with sessionStorage, localStorage, and client-side databases to allow developers to store vast amounts of data in the browser that is all accessible from JavaScript. An attacker could retrieve this data or manipulate the data, which would then get used again later by the application and may be uploaded back to the server to attack others, as well. Another risk comes from using 3rd-party code. Until HTML5, JavaScript was limited to requesting resources from the domain from which it was loaded, but with the addition of cross-origin resource sharing (CORS), this has been changed to allow JavaScript to request resources from different domains. This offers increased functionality but requires strict usage policies or risks being abused."
then stop hijacking phrases from other industries (Score:5, Funny)
developer, before the rise of the cyber-douchebag, was someone who built houses for people to live in, or maybe a shopping center or something.
engineer, before the rise of the cyber-douchebag, was someone who had to get a license in order to build machines that might hurt people if designed wrong
programmer, before the rise of the cyber-douchebag, used to be happy with their good pay and didnt need to call themselves something they werenrt.
Re:Stop it. (Score:5, Funny)
But the future is web apps replacing local apps so they can run anywhere.
Except on tablets and phones, where the future is local apps replacing web apps.
Or something.
HTML5 looks like a total clusterfsck from here.