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NoScript For Android Devices Released

Posted by Soulskill on from the temporarily-allow-dept-line dept.

Trailrunner7 writes "The new version of NoScript, the popular browser add-on that blocks JavaScript and other embedded objects from running on Web pages, is out in alpha form. It can now run on Android-based smartphones, giving users protection against script-based attacks on their mobile devices. The release of NoScript Anywhere includes a variety of new features, but it's the support for Firefox Mobile that is the big attraction. The add-on for Android devices is meant to mimic the desktop version, giving users the ability to set permissions for each individual site and use a default policy for restricting content. NoScript also now includes an anti-clickjacking feature and an anti-XSS filter designed to protect users from cross-site scripting attacks. The new version also works on Maemo-based phones and tablets."

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  1. Re:Nice! by h4rr4r · · Score: 2

    Which is a good thing, since the N900 is a dead platform from a near dead company.

  2. Old News by nman64 · · Score: 4, Informative

    While excellent news, this is old news. Note that the current release is alpha 9. These alphas have been around for months.

    I have enjoyed using Firefox on my G2, and while the NoScript alphas do work, they definitely do not provide the same experience as their desktop counterpart. I'm hoping that by the time NSA reaches stable releases, it provides more of the ease-of-use and feature set I am used to on the desktop. Still, if you're using an Android handset supported by Firefox, I strongly recommend giving this a try. Adblock Plus is available, too!

  3. NoScript is about all that is holding me to FF by Scott+Swezey · · Score: 2

    NoScript is about all that is holding me to FireFox. I would much prefer to use Chrome or Safari, but neither support NoScript.

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    1. Re:NoScript is about all that is holding me to FF by ewieling · · Score: 2

      Have you looked at NoScripts for chrome?
      http://optimalcycling.com/other-projects/notscripts/

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    2. Re:NoScript is about all that is holding me to FF by trytoguess · · Score: 2

      Personally, I found ScriptNo to be a better option. If nothing else, unlike NoScript, you don't have to manually input a password into a textfile to get it to work.

      https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/oiigbmnaadbkfbmpbfijlflahbdbdgdf

  4. Too bad it can't work system-wide... by isaac · · Score: 3, Informative

    My single biggest beef with Android (at least the Sense-flavored version that I have to use due to ActiveSync policies) is that there's no reliable way to disable HTML email and remote element loading. As a result, I'm continually guessing from subjects and senders whether or not a given message is safe to open.

    Google and/or HTC developers really should know better. At least I have a decent browser-only solution now, but I'd prefer something integrated with the base system's webkit (assuming that's what's being used to render HTML in the mail client as well as in the lousy default browser.)

    -Isaac

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    1. Re:Too bad it can't work system-wide... by Hatta · · Score: 2

      I'd really like to see a NoScript like system worked into an HTTP proxy. Privoxy can replace Adblock, we need something like that for NoScript. That way it wouldn't matter what browser you use.

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  5. Re:NoScript might save FireFox by eepok · · Score: 2

    I heard that too... but then I updated Firefox with each release and am yet to have a broken add-on/extension.

  6. Re:NoScript might save FireFox by Derek+Pomery · · Score: 2

    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/add-on-compatibility-reporter/

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