Alex Russell on Nostr: The year is Anno Domini MMXXIII. The Paper of Record produces news, but wraps it in ...
The year is Anno Domini MMXXIII.
The Paper of Record produces news, but wraps it in megabytes of JavaScript to keep the poors from becoming incidentally informed.
What cover story is floated?
In part, that it is necessary, in browsers with pervasive support for Web Crypto[1], to include a userland SHA-256 hashing routine.
In truly dark ages, such barbarism is considered normal.
[1]:
https://caniuse.com/cryptography 
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