Google tests ‘script blocking’ in Chrome Incognito to boost privacy

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• killea@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yep, noscript on firefox has been available for like 15 years. And it certainly does “break” some sites as it blocks scripts by default. It can be a pain, though I consider it the safest way

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  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Since the web works via a DOM (Document Object Model) and a document that needs to execute active content to display anything is broken, a webpage that needs JS to load the document can safely considered broken.

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    • killea@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I was trying to explain it more practically, but yes the web is a wasteland l.

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    • atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You are talking about the difference between a website and a web application. Nothing is broken. Given that the alternative used the be Flash/Coldfusion I’m not sure this way is worse.

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  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I like uBlock Origin’s “medium mode.” It’s a nice middle ground

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• n3cr0@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Doesn’t that break most websites? Is google trying to make the inkognito mode less useful?

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  • Pro@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Nope, matter of fact it fixed a lot of websites.

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  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    About 1/4 is broken, about 3/4 of the working ones show no popups/“paywalls”.

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• Pro@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  YaY

  Even Firefox didn’t do that.

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  • NocturnalEngineer@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    WTF you on about? Firefox has the NoScript extension, which Mozilla recommends?

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    • Pro@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      But does not install by default.

      Also while you can chrome has JavaScript permissions page, Firefox doesn’t. Which means you can’t control it.

      Matter of fact there was a long period of time before where Firefox browser would reenable the about:config JavaScript preference when you switch it off.

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• WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Good on chrome I guess but if they are testing blocking js then I assume they are about to offer a less easy to block alternative

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• individual@toast.ooo ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  dramatic irony

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  • SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    mmyeah, 'Google' and 'privacy' in the same sentence is always funny.

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