Re:Going dark: online privacy and anonymity for normal people
by dredmorbius on Thursday May 19, 2016 @04:21PM
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I'm finding uMatrix is useful, and have deployed it with ongoing support for non-technical users.
It's possible to whitelist (and blacklist) specific targets, including local site, and a set of specified third-party targets.
That said, overall, it's a bit of a complexity bunghole, and may not be for the general public. But then, computers in general aren't, in many ways, either.
Re:Going dark: online privacy and anonymity for normal people
by INTPenis on Thursday May 19, 2016 @10:01AM
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There is and I've given that so much thought. I've gone as far as to sync my own Noscript lists. Since Firefox Sync will not sync noscript whitelists I have to do that myself. So that's a major feature request from me right now.
Not only to have pre-built lists but also to share your own list between devices.
Re:Going dark: online privacy and anonymity for normal people
by RandomBacon on Thursday May 19, 2016 @05:07PM
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I used to wonder this as well, but the problem is then you have to trust whoever submitted it set the rules up properly.
Re:Going dark: online privacy and anonymity for normal people
by slvrspoon on Thursday May 19, 2016 @12:56PM
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We (disclaimer i'm a co-founder) does exactly this with our Blur product which includes a "tracker blocker". We crowdsource and test for problems because of 'improperly implemented' tracking code and blockers and dynamically allow just those trackers on key sites. More here: https://www.abine.com/suggestions/
Edit: While I'm musing on this, I wonder if NoScript could use a UI overhaul. A little icon that says "Something broken? Try activating these domains" with some heuristics e.g. first try allowing the current domain, then stuff on common CDNs, then maybe digging into DNS records or SSL certs for common ownership...