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So far it makes sense to me. Perhaps look into the changelist for something related. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/noscript/vers...

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

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that’s exactly what the perms are right now. question I am asking, since I have always blindly trusted No Script, is how “accessing browser activity during navigation” related to the simple job of blocking scripts from domain x? And now it wants ip address info too? Why? Keep in mind it worked all these years without additional perms. Most of those are from the last expanded permissions.

I suggest you inspect the changelog and any available code for answers you’re looking for. Ensure you don’t have a malicious alternate version.

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

thanks.

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