Why I've Started Using NoScript

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13 points·benwr··6 comments

>With the advent of CPU-architecture-based side channel attacks (Meltdown and Spectre are the most publicized.

I thought they repaired since 1.5 years when they let it to the public (inside Microsoft some knew about the danger)

Is it still a threat?

what are people's experiences with NoScript vs uMatrix? i switched from uBlock Origin to uMatrix, and that works pretty well and can block e.g. iframes, too. but i'd be open to blocking all Javascript, which uMatrix doesn't do by default AFAIK

I have been using just uBlock Origin since chrome does not have noScript, but I am pretty sure uBlock Origin has the ability to block javascript, which I have on by default.

I use Firefox, given the opportunity, and I typically have uBlock origin, Noscript, and Privacy Badger installed. It seems to me that they do very different things, and I just might want all of those things done.

I wrote a super simple global Javascript toggle plugin for Chrome because I was tired of manually toggling it in the preferences. Currently I believe I'm the only user, but I use it every day. It doesn't collect / send any data anywhere, it literally just toggles Javascript and reloads your open tabs. I wrote my own plugin to do this simple thing because I don't trust other people to make simple things and just leave them alone. Feel free to use it if you'd like.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/js-toggle/bnhjfamo...

When you change settings in uMatrix - the default scope is for the current root domain. At the top left, you’ll see the full domain- and the root is selected. To make internet-wide setting changes, select the ‘*’ next to the domain and then make your changes. This way you can block all JavaScript by default (even 1st party) and then whitelist as you go.

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