NoScript 1.9.2.6 removes the controversial Adblock Plus hack(noscript.net)
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NoScript 1.9.2.6 removes the controversial Adblock Plus hack
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Too late for me, I removed it already. This is a matter of trust, not features.
Well, that was quick, and really I think it was the only solution. The difference here although there are defined extension interfaces in Adblock, NoScript was subverting the expected functionality rather than extending it. I’d rather not have extensions fighting among each other.
I think it was the only solution.
I doubt it's actually a solution. NoScript generated sufficient ill-will between the constant "updates" that are just an excuse to send you forcibly to their home page and this sort of underhand mess that a lot of users have just outright uninstalled it and won't go back. It's not as if writing an alternative will be hard, and I imagine we'll see one within days, if only because somewhere in the world there's a hacker sufficiently offended by the behaviour that he writes a replacement just to sting them. It only takes one...
I doubt it's actually a solution. NoScript generated sufficient ill-will between the constant "updates" that are just an excuse to send you forcibly to their home page and this sort of underhand mess that a lot of users have just outright uninstalled it and won't go back. It's not as if writing an alternative will be hard, and I imagine we'll see one within days, if only because somewhere in the world there's a hacker sufficiently offended by the behaviour that he writes a replacement just to sting them. It only takes one...
It's open source. FF extensions are just renamed zip files, Fork away!
Open source doesn’t mean ‘licence to copy’, but in this case it’s GPL so yeah, go right ahead.
The NoScript FAQ on the subject has also been updated: http://noscript.net/faq#qa3_21
For more background on this debate, check out this post at Adblock: http://adblockplus.org/blog/attention-noscript-users
For more background on this debate, check out this post at Adblock: http://adblockplus.org/blog/attention-noscript-users