Many still have the misconception that browsing the web with JavaScript on is somehow the same thing as driving around with your personal information pasted on the side of your car ready for all hackers to take. What is this 1995?….and um no its not that way at all……It is true that hackers can steal information about you without you knowing it but I highly doubt that JavaScript is the culprit. If you spend all of your time white listing your internet browsing sites by turning on or turning off depending on your trust factor, you are probably missing out on alot that some sites have to offer. Here is some evidence that may change your mind…..I have personally browsed thousands and thousands of sites and never turned my JavaScript setting off, and I’m still up and running and have not had any identity issues either.
I browse with JavaScript turned on because for one i use JavaScript in a lot of our designs and applications because it does very cool stuff on the user interface level. As a Web Developer, I wish the whole concept of “turning JavaScript off” would just vanish, because I really don’t want to design boringly degraded websites when JS opens up a whole world of possibilities that make the web what it is
A site that works well with JavaScript usually is designed very well and has a great design architecture. I’m not saying to rely on JS only when designing, that would be just lazy, but I fell that using it in certain aspects give the user the niceties and creates a web experience like no other. So leave JavaScript turned on, stay out of the Darker Side of the web and see what you have been missing out on.