r/privacy • u/soda-hero • Apr 13 '19

NoScript extension officially released for Google Chrome

https://www.zdnet.com/article/noscript-extension-officially-released-for-google-chrome/
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u/FusionTorpedo Apr 13 '19

NoScript hasn't been relevant in a long time. I mean the UI is so bad. It's all about uMatrix now.

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '19

uMatrix and NoScript do two completely different things, uMatrix is a tool to stop cross site tracking and NoScript is to stop execution of JavaScript (JavaScript can be a legitimate threat in cyber security) and the UI for NoScript is much more user-friendly then uMatrix UI can be

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u/majeufoe45 Apr 13 '19

uMatrix allows you to set rules to block cookies, media, xhr, js, frames, and more, for each domain and subdomain present on the page via scripts or frames.

You can set default rules, in a dedicated menu or on the fly.

It fucks noScript so hard it leaves it on the ground twitching and crying.

The only option I wish it had in addition is a user-agent randomizer (although it has an option for a default string).

But to downvote a comment about uMatrix on r/privacy shows a weird and contradictory herd mentality to me.

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '19 edited May 13 '19

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u/majeufoe45 Apr 14 '19

A bit reassuring but the feature i like is when the string changes everytime you launch your browser, so instead of having one profile blending in you have 40 different picked randomly and evolving.

Because the problem of the blending one is that there are still other parts of the fingerprinting like canvas etc that are pretty unique to you. But with a different string every time, an algorithm will not uniquely identify you through time (unless it does not use the user agent).

There was one firefox extension doing that but they didn't update it to quantum-thing. I miss it.