Research Paper On Netflix

Submitted By allgoldcheerios
Words: 352
Pages: 2

// It appears Netflix is following (Facebook's lead)[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7222129].

(function() { try { var $_console$$ = console; Object.defineProperty(window, "console", { get: function() { if ($_console$$._commandLineAPI) throw "Sorry, for security reasons, the script console is deactivated on netflix.com"; return $_console$$ }, set: function($val$$) { $_console$$ = $val$$ } }) } catch ($ignore$$) { }
})();

// I feel like we're seeing the next generation of engineers pursue ideas that were demonstrated
// bad by the previous. First, we'll disable right-click, you know, "for security reasons." And by
// that we mean "so you can't steal our source code or save our images to your disk (even though you
// can still "View Source" in the browser and download the images in a similar way). Now we'll
// disable the console, you know, "for security reasons."

// Note: the NSA stores your phone conversations (and much more), you know, "for security reasons."
// It's an amazing justification that validates any nefarious behavior. Oh, you'd like to destroy
// my freedoms? Why? "For security reasons." Oh, go right ahead then! Thanks so much for looking
// out for me!

// Google should really patch this. The command line API should be privileged so that third
// parties can't modify how the browser behaves without explicit authorization (i.e. an extension).
// But if you're feeling up to it, you can run the