Ask HN: NoScript (Firefox) is asking for ever expanding permissions. Why? I’m going by trust of this extension but now a second time in less than a month it is asking for new permissions and it keeps getting more permissive. Any insights on this? |
Ask HN: NoScript (Firefox) is asking for ever expanding permissions. Why? I’m going by trust of this extension but now a second time in less than a month it is asking for new permissions and it keeps getting more permissive. Any insights on this? |
perhaps the permission system is becoming more fine grained on your system
It wants perm to “Access ip address and host information”. Why does no script want this?
ps: just checking and it already has in FF
+ Access your data for all websites
+ Access browser tabs
+ Store unlimited amount of client-side data
+ Access browser activity during navigation
???
Is this all OK?
From the noscript extension page it wants the flllowing:
Access browser tabs
Store unlimited amount of client-side data
Access browser activity during navigation
Access your data for all websites
From the Firefox documentation:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/permission-request-mess...
The extension could listen for the steps the browser takes to navigate from a link to another page. The extension could then provide new features for the content on the page.
Extensions requesting this permission might:
Detect when streamed videos are about to play and provide a download feature Look for and prevent ad pop-ups from opening