Today much of our data is exploited and thus privacy as well because many companies (Big Tech being the biggest offenders) collect our cookies or our browsing data and have invasive tracking to serve us personalized or targeted ads and to sell user data to third parties. It is the backbone of much of the modern internet. JavaScript is actually very relevant in the context of what’s happening in the internet because the V8 JavaScript Engine is used as a core search engine in many web browsers including Google Chrome and Brave Browser. Not only does the current system exploit user data, but it also slows down page loads, drains batteries, and creates a miserable user experience. Now, the digital online ecosystem that leverages JavaScript is completely broken. However, his original intentions were not directed towards enabling the massive surveillance capitalism, social media ridden and AdTech driven internet that plagues much of our society, businesses and world today unfortunately.īrendan Eich invented the JavaScript language 25 years ago and he didn’t know it’d turn into the catalyst for the targeted ads and invasive tracking that now plague the web. Because he is a massive figure and one of the founding fathers of the interwebs which would morph into the sprawling internet, splinternet that we have today. After becoming more and more paranoid about Google and other tech companies tracking me online, I learned about alternative options to more private web browsers.īefore going more into the story of a particular web browser I found called Brave, I want to dive briefly into the story of it’s founder - Brendan Eich.
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