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Unless there is something I don't understand, how can this even be slightly reliable or useful, when everyone can read any key and write or replace any key at any moment ?


I guess I could see some usefulness in a quick weekend prototyping to get a persistent app up and running.


but then why would this be better than, say, localStorage, which is local? The only purpose to this is semi-persistent cross-domain information storage. It's crazy to use an external JSON-P service to store tweetable-sized messages, when you've got megabytes locally with precisely the same key/value setup. Or, if you're handling older browsers, cookies will get you several KB.


If you want to demonstrate some cross-browser communication app? I agree, this has a very limited application scope. I am more confused as to why the author made it when he doesn't seem to have a use case for it himself.


It's not meant to be reliable.

Nor is it meant to be secure. It's a direct connection to a data store.


And also replace a value with normal, arbitrary javascript...

Still, neat idea.




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