WebAssembly (PrivateBin)

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WebAssembly (PrivateBin)

Post by Andrew Herbert » 2020-02-03, 14:44

I know how to enable WebAssembly on about:config, but apparently it'll have to be fully implemented in the short future :ugeek: :

https://privatebin.net

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Re: WebAssembly (PrivateBin)

Post by back2themoon » 2020-02-03, 14:50

Meaning? What's with the cryptic posts? Doesn't the website work after enabling javascript.options.wasm? If not, what doesn't work?

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Re: WebAssembly (PrivateBin)

Post by Moonchild » 2020-02-03, 18:39

Just enable wasm and it works just fine without complaints.

Not that I understand the premise behind the site; anyone can decrypt what's pasted on there; the server might not be storing raw data and offloading compression and encryption to web browsers, but any client connected to it can easily decrypt and decompress, including the site owners or any agency interested in what's been pasted. So it's hardly private.
I -also- don't understand the need for wasm at all for simple zlib compression; standard JS will be plenty performant for compressing and AES-encrypting text snippets.
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Re: WebAssembly (PrivateBin)

Post by vannilla » 2020-02-03, 18:41

doesn't
Honestly I don't really trust a website that can't even properly write "doesn't".