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No disagreement on Ghostery; that got uninstalled real fast when I figured out what they were really up to. While I agree that NoScript helps, it doesn't preven
by seanp2k2 11y ago
No disagreement on Ghostery; that got uninstalled real fast when I figured out what they were really up to. While I agree that NoScript helps, it doesn't prevent everything either: https://thehackerblog.com/the-noscript-misnomer-why-should-i-trust-vjs-zendcdn-net/ https://thehackerblog.com/the-noscript-misnomer-why-should-i...
I used to be a big RequestPolicy believer, but single-page apps (which feels like saying "horseless carriages" in mid-2015) make it a lot of work. https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix/wiki/Changes-from-HTTP-Switchboard https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix/wiki/Changes-from-HTTP-Sw... is the best thing I've found if you're into granular control over sites. uBlock also has an ~"I'm an advanced user" option which will give you a little more blunt but still useful control over cross-site requests.
- coldpie 11y ago> While I agree that NoScript helps, it doesn't prevent everything either: https://thehackerblog.com/the-noscript-misnomer-why-should-i.. https://thehackerblog.com/the-noscript-misnomer-why-should-i.... This is just a default whitelist that's trivial to remove. Yes, it's dumb, but it doesn't completely compromise NoScript if you're aware of the whitelist.