Is it safe browsing without NoScript/Scriptsafe /

[linuxyogi]

Hi, I got really tired of the manual tuning needed to run noscript / scriptsafe so I uninstalled them but I was wondering is it safe to browse the web without noscript / scriptsafe ?

[SeijiSensei]

I use uBlock Origin and Ghostery. I found noscript required too much manual intervention. I'll sometimes have to whitelist sites using Ghostery, especially commercial sites with video players.

[linuxyogi]

Ublock Origin and adblock plus were already installed. Just installed Ghostery.

[ajgreeny]

I also tried noscript but soon removed it as it was just too much trouble.

I do, however, use uBlock-Origin, which in my opinion is much better and needs fewer resources than adblock, and always take great care where I go on the web

[halogen2]

Hi, I got really tired of the manual tuning needed to run noscript

Did you try running NoScript with Scripts Globally Allowed or cascading permissions mode?

Either mode is safer than not using NoScript at all - https://forums.informaction.com/view...p=84755#p84755

[linuxyogi]

Did you try running NoScript with Scripts Globally Allowed or cascading permissions mode?

Either mode is safer than not using NoScript at all - https://forums.informaction.com/view...p=84755#p84755

Lately I have started using Chromium much more than Firefox. Is there an equivalent setting for ScriptSafe ?

[1fallen]

Script Safe: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/d...bdgdf?hl=en-US

ScriptBlock: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/d...ecnpajba?hl=en

Extension
uMatrix: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/d...nfmnieipoejdcf
I prefer uMatrix...suits my needs

uBlock Origin: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/d...dnhcphjbkeiagm

[halogen2]

Lately I have started using Chromium much more than Firefox. Is there an equivalent setting for ScriptSafe ?

For Chromium I would recommend using uMatrix, as suggested by 1fallen, instead of using Script Safe.

[1clue]

People make it seem like running "naked" is a sure way to get compromised. It's not.

IMO it's more important to vet the sites you visit. Stay off of questionable sites and think about security. At that point it's no different browsing on Linux or on a mac.

If you want to browse porn or download tons of crap from questionable file sharing sites or talk to the friendly guys trying to give you money from Nigeria, then you probably need something extra. I don't do that stuff.

I do devote a lot of attention to things like tripwire, and I have an outgoing firewall and I occasionally look at the sites in my dns cache. I block some of the more irritating ad sites.

I am surely more at risk than someone running one of these NoScript equivalents, but the point of having Internet access is to be able to use the Internet.

[halogen2]

People make it seem like running "naked" is a sure way to get compromised. It's not.

IMO it's more important to vet the sites you visit. Stay off of questionable sites and think about security.

So how do you vet all the sites you visit - before ever visiting them - such that, even if you were to disable all this stuff...

I do devote a lot of attention to things like tripwire, and I have an outgoing firewall and I occasionally look at the sites in my dns cache. I block some of the more irritating ad sites.

... you know for sure you will not be compromised?