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On 02/01/2019 20:41, Mayayana wrote:
"David B." "David wrote

| There are only three javascripts listed on 'wasbit's' website.
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What the heck does that mean? The entire webpage is script.
It links to several external scripts. There's no way to know
what happens from there. It probably links to external trackers
and ads once the script runs. One of the biggest malware risks
these days is from malware makers who buy ad space to get
into your browser.

*The entire page is nothing but script, except for the warning
that says the page won't work without script.* That's not
exaggeration. There's actually no content in that webpage.
It's just an unknown software program that will do unknown
things and share your data with unknown others if you let
the script run.

"I'm not worried", said Private Swifty. "There are only 2
machine guns and a flamethrower aimed at me. How much
harm can they do?" With that, he stepped out of the bunker.

There's no reason that anyone should routinely have to
enable script just to download files or read text. If you
want to do online banking or buy stuff then, yes, it requires
script.

The Box, inc. privacy policy pretty says they'll spy on you
any way they can. They'll collect your social media info if
you give them a chance. The don't respect Do Not Track.
They do use Flash cookies. It also mentions Google adsense.
Since there are no ads evident in the original page script it
has to be assumed that the page script then calls in
numerous other scripts when it loads.
(The privacy policy is readable without script by disabling
CSS. But they do try to block that functionality. In other
words, they've specifically tried to break a palin text webpage
so that you can't read it unless you let them run scripts.
Nice people, huh?.)
That privacy policy page calls in Google, Adobe, optimizely.com,
truste (the people who pretend to protect privacy online
with impressive gold medallions that look like Good
Housekeeping seals), as well as two new entries for my
HOSTS file domain blocking:

marketo.net and nr-data.net

Why should anyone put up with such risks and intrusions
just to download a file? There are clean hosting sites. And
for anyone just arriving from 1980, they should know that
they can have their own domain and web space for a very
small cost. They don't need to use sleazy, spyware, web
services.

I'm fairly sure I read yesterday that YOU are a .... carpenter?

What on earth have YOU got to be frightened of?

The company appears genuine to me:-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box_(company)

--
David B.