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Originally Posted by Blueblaze
One thing you can do to greatly limit your exposure to hacks is to quit using Chrome and switch to Firefox, with the "Noscript" add-in.
The only way a hacker can do anything on your computer is when procedural code like Javascript is running. HTML is merely a markup language, it does not execute. Even if you click a hacked link, it's the javascript on that hacker's page that gets you, not the link itself.
The "Noscript" add-in selectively prevents Javascript from running. It's possible to turn off Javascript in Chrome, but it's practically a hidden feature, and it's a sledgehammer compared to the fine control you get with NoScript. With NoScript, you can turn off Javascript entirely (and be amazed at how many sites don't need it at all to be functional). But you can also set it up to only allow scripts that originate from the trusted page you are viewing, while turning off 3rd-party javascripts. 3rd-party scripts are the source of most hacks, and incidentally also the source of nearly all advertising and popups. Turning off 3rd party scripts does often prevent forms from working, but if you are on a site that you trust enough to fill out a form, you can enable all scripts for just that one tab, though a simple selection on the Noscript menu at the top of the page.
Chrome is a proprietary browser owned by Google. Google can and does anything they want with it. Their entire business model is collecting and selling their user's privacy. Firefox, on the other hand, is "Open Source". That means that programmers all over the world can see the code and sound the alarm if they see it's been hacked or if the company is doing something with it they shouldn't.
Controlling who can execute code on your computer is a nuisance. It seems outrageous that we even have to go to such lengths to prevent it. But at least it's still possible, for as long as Firefox still exists.
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You can use NoScript on Chrome too, it's available on GooglePlay for download and installation to the browser.
Just keep in mind, if you use websites that require javascript to function, those websites will cease to work if you have NoScript running.
Most of the sites I use, use javascript.