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• GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I actually do this. With uBlock Origin you can set to default block any JS (or just 3rd party JS) and then whitelist by domains. Then you can lock in per-site settings.

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  • joshchandra@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Well, I recently left uBO for AdNauseam because it actively attacks advertisers by clicking every link (thereby leading to garbage data that messes up their stats), but it can’t operate with uBO simultaneously. I’ll see what I can do to copy this approach…

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    • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      can’t seem to find a whitelist-only-JS feature

      There’s one in your browser.

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      • joshchandra@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Oops, right. For Firefox, though, it’s tethered to Mozilla accounts for sync, right?

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• reksas@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I would feel like wading through sewer bare footed if I had all javascript enabled by default

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  • joshchandra@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    omg, I’m using NoScript now and my eyes have been opened; I can’t ever go back!! Thanks for the analogy; that was a much-needed, jolting wake-up call.

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    • reksas@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I also use ublock origin on top of it, that way its a little safer to test which sites to allow. Anything blocked on ublock origin is definitely something you dont need to run the website and if it is then its likely not worth using that website anyway.

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      • joshchandra@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Join me in leaving uBlock Origin for AdNauseam! I made a post about it that ended up gaining significant traction: midwest.social/post/25573927

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  • joshchandra@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Dang it… I’m starting to feel the appeal now, lol! Hmm.

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• Telorand@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I run a whitelist. I’d rather be more private than know what to blacklist (and there’s often a lot of extra JavaScript that gets called, mostly for tracking).

  It’s not that tedious. You just add as you use the internet. Refresh the page when you’ve whitelisted.

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  • joshchandra@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    there’s often a lot of extra JavaScript that gets called, mostly for tracking

    Do you mean that your tool (whatever you use) can selectively block some JS while admitting others on one website?

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    • Telorand@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yes! NoScript is my tool of choice.

      It can sometimes be annoying to have to whitelist things, but after seeing that when I allow the main domain (and maybe their CDN) through the filter, and ten more domains will try to do whatever it is they do—Google Tags and Analytics, some data broker, some cookie tracker, etc.—I’m willing to take that extra step just to keep all these companies from snarfing up my data.

      A little annoyance is a small price to pay, in my mind.

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      • joshchandra@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Incredible, I had no idea that this was a thing. Is there any tutorial out there that you recommend to figure this stuff out? Or may I ask you questions if need be? I wanna start doing this, too!

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• termaxima@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I do ! I use NoScript in Firefox, and I allow scripts selectively when they’re needed. You’d be surprised how many websites just work with everything off !

  This may differ depending on your usage, though. I don’t really use in-browser apps if at all possible, and I don’t use conventional social media aside from YouTube and Reddit (PeerTube and Lemmy are better but there’s still too much info / people on the corporate versions to fully switch over)

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  • joshchandra@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Thanks for the reminder about PeerTube… I’ve gotta look into that, too.

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• corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Do you really run a whitelist rather than a blacklist?

  That’s a weird question. That ‘yes’ seems as easy as “do you wear your seat belt? Every TIME?!?”

  Is it not tedious to add hundreds of domains to one rather than a few to the other?

  After about a dozen you’re kinda set. I will enable one-offs in a private window, usually for shit news sites or the very occasional referral farm, and the exceptions are all reverted when I close the tab.

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