I also run disabling addons for java script and flash as well as an overlay remover in Firefox
Ublock Origin does not black “malicious Javascript” reliably. You need NoScript for that, and a opt-in approach. Block everything, unblock what you need, hope its not malicious.
graeghos_714@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Pantherina@feddit.de 1 month ago
Flash should be possible to disable about:config as its legacy technology.
Could you explain the overlay remover?
Noscript is the only good addon for blocking javascript and allowing only some parts for specific origins.
Dnn@lemmy.world 1 month ago
While I actually do that, you cannot seriously recommend it to anyone. Hardly any site works without Javascript nowadays.
Pantherina@feddit.de 1 month ago
Yes thats why you have the button to click on. I also need to allowlist basically every site I visit.
There should be some way to share such a list, to reduce the manual work.
I highly recommend manually enabling Javascript.
Dnn@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Sometimes it’s great. If people complain about paywalls, for example, and you didn’t even see the pop-up.
Pantherina@feddit.de 1 month ago
And sometimes it prevents sites from working, because paywalls that are avoidable by blocking the cover are deprecated and nowadays real solutions are used. This means such size will just break.
Ublock can also remove overlays, and I am sure it you add more lists they will be blocked by default.
Having less code run in your browser is always recommended.
Dehydrated@lemmy.world 1 month ago
uBO can be set up to block all JS by default, allowing you to manually whitelist each script. github.com/gorhill/…/Blocking-mode:-hard-mode