NoScript Awarded $10,000

An anonymous reader noted an interesting bit of information about a tool a ton of Slashdot users make use of every day: "NoScript has been chosen as the recipient of the DRG Security Innovation Grant. This is a great honor and a spur to keep making the Web a safer place. I feel the urge to thank the committee for recognizing NoScript as a pioneering force in browser security, and the community of contributors, researchers, translators, beta testers, and loyal users who keep this project alive day after day. The grant will fund the effort to merge the current two development lines, i.e. 'traditional' NoScript for desktop environment."

Comments

Recognition vs usefulness

[DeHackEd]

Does this mean web designers will start making their web sites actually work when users without javascript try to use them?

(The list of offenders is too long to name.)

Helps prevent trojan infections

[madhatter256]

No Script helped in stemming the amount of infected PCs I received. I'd install it on my customer's PCs and showed them how it worked and that they should turn it off only when doing stuff like online banking, otherwise leave it on.

It was of tremendous help and a lot of repeat customers stopped coming back with the same infection.