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Microsoft Brands WebGL a 'Harmful' Technology

Posted by Soulskill on from the guns-don't-kill-people,-webgl-does dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft has announced that it has no plans to support WebGL — a cross-platform low-level 3D graphics API designed for web use — in its future browsers, citing numerous security concerns over the technology and branding the basic principles as 'harmful.'"

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  1. Microsoft should know... by Bill_the_Engineer · · Score: 5, Informative

    a dangerous web idea when they see one. They created ActiveX.

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  2. Hate to Say This... by mrpacmanjel · · Score: 5, Informative

    The security issue is a valid question.

    In one of the links in the summary it shows that the video memory can be read and get a snapshot of the user's desktop (in the example a confidential document is viewable) - exceptionally bad. Use an exploit like this with something else means their is potential for a severe security breach.

    Then again it's early stages and I'm sure the security issues will be resolved in time.

    It's an exciting techology especially with regard to streaming games over the internet.

    Who remembers VRML???