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| Why do you use noscript to block JS? I've never understood. Because when you hit an infected web site, the script loading from xyz.ru will not get loaded and
by micro-ram 15y ago
| Why do you use noscript to block JS? I've never understood.
Because when you hit an infected web site, the script loading from xyz.ru will not get loaded and you will be safe. NOSCRIPT FF & NOTSCRIPT Chrome FTW!
- there 15y agoso you voluntarily have a shitty web experience on practically every website just to prevent that one possibly hacked website that you might visit by accident some day? how many of these vulnerabilities would noscript fail to protect against? https://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox.html https://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firef... http://chromekb.com/vulnerabilities/ http://chromekb.com/vulnerabilities/
- micro-ram 15y agoI guess it's a control thing.
- nitrogen 15y agoJust whitelist clean scripts from sites you want to visit. It would be cool if noscript could whitelist by SHA hash. Sometimes technical people like having control of their browsing/operating system/whatever experience, even if that control results in having to do more work or accept a less-than-ideal user experience (from the mainstream perspective).
- lukeschlather 15y agoI've found NoScript tends to improve the UX on most sites I visit. No popups, much reduced spinning click me ads, just generally more pleasant. Some stuff doesn't work, but I whitelist clean sites like HN and I'm usually happier without the JS on a lot of sites.