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Many people are not familiar with Sandbox, and don't use it. For such people, solutions like NoScript are very useful. Although, I agree that these can sometimes slow down the browsing, or may require extra clicks to enable certain items on the webpage, but its worth the effort, because its for your own security.
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Yes, there are plenty of hazards out there, but the plethora of security apps and addons available do contribute to an unrealistic level of paranoia. My experience is that most risks can be avoided with reasonably sensible surfing practices rather than equipping yourself with every possible security approach available. ![]() |
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I agree that with NoScript, Firefox behaves sluggishly. I had been using NoScript with Firefox since long, and I was using it with FF 3.6 too. But, when someone told me, Firefox works fast without NoScript, I uninstalled it, and found it to be true. I really could feel the difference with NoScript installed, and NoScript uninstalled. Now, Firefox just blazes away, and I am happy without NoScript. Also, as posted in other thread, there were news of some issues with NoScript. That's why too, I did not install NoScript back, although I do find it useful. Maybe, the issue with NoScript has been solved, but I have not installed it again, and its mainly due to the speed.
I also agree that there are many security apps, and also increasing news of malwares, and other things which pose a security risk, and can easily make people paranoid. But still, not all security apps are useless. Many people do not follow safe surfing, and are also not much knowledgeable enough to use software like Sandbox. For them, software like NoScript can be useful.
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The most common a web page can cause harm via a secure browser without vulnerabilities is offering malicious downloads. If users learn to browse sensibly and not run these obviously malicious files, they are protected in 95% of cases. With a reliable AV, it should approach 99% . A sandbox or a HIPS make it so close to 100% that I think people are sacrificing their enjoyment of the web for security by running Noscript. Paranoids do that. Most often the problem lies between the keyboard and chair. People who do not follow safe browsing and average in knowledge running Noscript will grow so used to clicking and allowing the domains that on a well designed malware site also he would do that. More often than not learning how to browse sensibly and not running unknown files should be more than enough for the user on any browser except IE. I can guarantee that myself that I never got a malicious download that even made it to my sandbox. Last edited by sa1; 17. Mar 2010 at 03:56 PM. |
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I ask because Opera 10.5 has this: Tools > Quick Preferences > Enable JavaScript (which can be disabled). Firefox also has it. (So are there scripts other than Java, to justify NoScript or its equivalent add-on?). |
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But with the userscript mentioned, you can enable/disable individual scripts on the page. That is useful. Some scripts are necessary for the proper display and functioning of a site, you can enable those. But some scripts are not required in order to browse the site, you can keep them disabled. So, this is the advantage that comes with scripts like NoScript, and BlockIt.
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Downloading speed depends on your network speed not on the computational power of your computer. Opera is fast enough when it comes to executing scripts. If you are on a slow network your network speed will the rate-limiter not the power of your computer.
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