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Backdoor Service Workers — Jeremy Keith

Hi, I’m Anselm Hannemann, a freelance Frontend Developer and Engineering Manager. You can hire me. I wrote WDRL for 10 years and have a a Market Garden as a side-business.

This link appeared in WDRL 144 on 08.07.2016.

Backdoor Service Workers — Jeremy Keith

Jeremy Keith brings up a new point to the whole Service Worker and PWA debate: Currently, you can easily install a Service Worker via iframe without a user ever visiting the SW-site itself. Gladly, users who block third-party cookies and site data in their browser settings are safe but unfortunately this has huge potential to be abused by third-parties.