I start out talking about how SVG can one day be abused the way html is today. Abused in the sense that new technology is first adopted by people who want it to work, later it’s used just as a means to an end. That end sometimes is achieved at the cost of loss of the intended use of a service. In short, new technology means new kinds of spam.

How do we allow user-created SVG to be published in communities like forums, wikis, blog comments and anwhere else - but without risking user security or letting in new kinds of junk? I end up with an idea for the Javascript problem that I called bbscript. (Why is it that podcasting makes me get ideas?) I bet that’s already used.

The inspiration here was just the idea that we should be careful not to repeat all the problems built in to the Internet technology we’re building on top of. Anyhow, have a listen and if you’re inspired then go build something.

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