The purpose of the ____ policy is to prevent malicious scripts from modifying the content of other windows, tabs, and frames and prevent the theft of private browser information and information displayed on secure web pages.
A) privacy
B) proxy
C) delegation
D) same-origin

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The same-origin policy is designed to prevent malicious scripts from accessing and modifying the content of other windows, tabs, and frames, and to prevent the theft of private browser information and information displayed on secure web pages. It ensures that scripts running in one domain cannot access or modify content from another domain, unless specifically allowed by the server through the use of CORS (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing). Therefore, option D, same-origin, is the correct choice. The other options relate to different policies or technologies for web security.

The Purpose of the ____ Policy Is to Prevent Malicious