Ask HN: NoScript (Firefox) is asking for ever expanding permissions. Why?
I’m going by trust of this extension but now a second time in less than a month it is asking for new permissions and it keeps getting more permissive.
Any insights on this?
Any insights on this?
perhaps the permission system is becoming more fine grained on your system
It wants perm to “Access ip address and host information”. Why does no script want this?
ps: just checking and it already has in FF
+ Access your data for all websites
+ Access browser tabs
+ Store unlimited amount of client-side data
+ Access browser activity during navigation
???
Is this all OK?
From the noscript extension page it wants the flllowing:
Access browser tabs
Store unlimited amount of client-side data
Access browser activity during navigation
Access your data for all websites
From the Firefox documentation:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/permission-request-mess...
The extension could listen for the steps the browser takes to navigate from a link to another page. The extension could then provide new features for the content on the page.
Extensions requesting this permission might:
Detect when streamed videos are about to play and provide a download feature Look for and prevent ad pop-ups from opening