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Re: Facebook Disconnect by click170 on Sunday September 25, 2011 @02:54AM (#3035281)
If the Google+ Like button appeared on anywhere near as many sites as Facebook, I'd be concerned about Google too.

I'm kind of surprised NoScript doesn't have an option of disabling scripts on a site-by-site basis. Ergo, if I have two tabs open, Google+ and some other page containing a Google+ Like button, I should be able to enable Google scripts on only the Google+ page. As it stands, when a script from a domain is enabled, it is enabled for any and all tabs you have open. I think that behavior can be improved.

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Re: Facebook Disconnect by franck on Sunday September 25, 2011 @05:57AM (#3035503)
I agree this would be a nice feature to have.

In the meantime, you can use the RequestPolicy add-on in order to block cross-domain requests to G+ in your other tabs. In this case, NoScript won't even be needed because the script won't be loaded at all.

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Re: Facebook Disconnect by mike-cardwell on Sunday September 25, 2011 @07:24AM (#3035615)
I'd guess that Google Analytics and Google Adsense exist on more websites than Facebook like buttons, and they pose the exact same threat.
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Re: Facebook Disconnect by click170 on Sunday September 25, 2011 @02:01PM (#3036307)
Touche!
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Re: Facebook Disconnect by skrebbel on Sunday September 25, 2011 @03:15AM (#3035304)
you,re forgetting about google adsense. google has been tracking you across the internets before fb even existed.
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