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HTML | DOM Navigator taintEnabled() Method

Last Updated : 19 Feb, 2019
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The Navigator taintEnabled() method was best avoided in JavaScript version 1.2, and has been deprecated since then to prevent run-time errors in the future. Data Tainting was a security feature to destroy or remove the highly infectious data used by JavaScript 1.2. It has been completely discarded by now; this method only available for maintaining compatibility with very old scripts with limited browser support. It returns a Boolean value that shows whether the browser has data tainting method enabled. The NavigatorID.taintEnabled() method would always returns Boolean false value.

Syntax:

window.navigator.taintEnabled()

Return Value:
It returns a Boolean value, specifying whether the browser has data tainting feature enabled.

Example: It would return true if data tainting is supported and enabled, and it returns false if the feature is disabled.




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  
<head>
    <title>
        HTML DOM Navigator taintEnabled() Method
    </title>
</head>
  
<body>
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
    <h2>HTML DOM Navigator taintEnabled() Method
  </h2>
  
    <p id="geeks"
       onclick="functionGFG()">
        Welcome to GeeksforGeeks!
    </p>
    <input type="button"
           value="Is data tainting in my browser enabled?"
           onClick="functionGFG()">
  
    <script language="JavaScript">
        function functionGFG() {
            
            // data tainting is enabled or not.
            var temp = navigator.taintEnabled();
            alert(window.navigator.taintEnabled());
        }
    </script>
  
</body>
  
</html>


Output:
Before Click:

After Click:

Supported Browsers:
This method has long been deprecated and beware before using it because at anytime it may be withdrawn. Despite being removed it is supported by the following browsers:

  • Opera 3.5
  • Internet Explorer 4.0/Edge.


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