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For what my comment is worth, I ended up removing NoScript and doing and clean install of Debian after noticing that the the NoScript extension would seem to au

For what my comment is worth, I ended up removing NoScript and doing and clean install of Debian after noticing that the the NoScript extension would seem to auto-update often, and then would launch an instance of the noscript.net website each time I opened firefox. It did sketch me out, and I can't recommend installing this.

pbhjpbhj 10y ago
Go to about:addons, click the "more" text at the end of the NoScript description on the right and set auto-update to "off". Next go to about:addons again and "preferences" of NoScript, on the "Notifications" tab uncheck "Display the release notes". Done. My 2¢ is that it certainly does appear to offer updates more often than one might expect (a bit like browsers themselves) but I have these two settings so I don't really notice. I choose to update manually because I don't like stuff breaking automatically (and am happy to keep on top of security warnings and such).
driverdan 10y ago
Why would you reinstall your OS for an extension that updates frequently?
- wtallis 10y ago
  More importantly, why would you be distressed by security software updating frequently?
  - ryanmccullagh 10y ago
    I was exaggerating quite a bit, but I did end up installing another OS, but not really because of NoScript.
Dylan16807 10y ago
Lots of extensions open a changelog after they update. I'm not sure why that would be the thing that bothers you.
- mcbits 10y ago
  That bothers me about lots of extensions, and not just extensions. For example, the Newtonsoft.Json NuGet package opens up a web page after updating, and it bothers me every time. The higher the quality of the software, the more it bothers me when they stoop to such tactics.
gruez 10y ago
or you can disable the popup after update by going to noscript options -> notifications -> display the release notes...
zerognowl 10y ago
Worth noting that you can block this in advance of it opening. I put sites like this in my hosts file 0.0.0.0 noscript.net I typically prepare a browser before use so any gotchas like that are sorted out before a session.

pbhjpbhj 10y ago

Go to about:addons, click the "more" text at the end of the NoScript description on the right and set auto-update to "off". Next go to about:addons again and "preferences" of NoScript, on the "Notifications" tab uncheck "Display the release notes". Done. My 2¢ is that it certainly does appear to offer updates more often than one might expect (a bit like browsers themselves) but I have these two settings so I don't really notice. I choose to update manually because I don't like stuff breaking automatically (and am happy to keep on top of security warnings and such).

driverdan 10y ago

Why would you reinstall your OS for an extension that updates frequently?

wtallis 10y ago
More importantly, why would you be distressed by security software updating frequently?
- ryanmccullagh 10y ago
  I was exaggerating quite a bit, but I did end up installing another OS, but not really because of NoScript.

Dylan16807 10y ago

Lots of extensions open a changelog after they update. I'm not sure why that would be the thing that bothers you.

mcbits 10y ago
That bothers me about lots of extensions, and not just extensions. For example, the Newtonsoft.Json NuGet package opens up a web page after updating, and it bothers me every time. The higher the quality of the software, the more it bothers me when they stoop to such tactics.

gruez 10y ago

or you can disable the popup after update by going to noscript options -> notifications -> display the release notes...

zerognowl 10y ago

Worth noting that you can block this in advance of it opening. I put sites like this in my hosts file 0.0.0.0 noscript.net I typically prepare a browser before use so any gotchas like that are sorted out before a session.