Maybe Firfox isn't the best choice for privacy?

misc misc at mail333.com
Sun Apr 6 03:53:14 UTC 2008


On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 16:49:32 -0800, Mike Perry wrote:

> Thus spake misc (misc at mail333.com):
> 
 
>> What about NoScript extension? Will that prevent gathering information
>> about installed plugins and other settings?
> 
> Not to my knowledge. Adblock Plus has support to hide extension
> presence, but I believe extensions have to programmatically request it
> from an Adblock service. Torbutton 1.1.14 should be out early next
> week, and will address these issues.

NoScript disables javascript.
Total Recall uses Javascript to retrieve most of the information about
firefox addons and other unique settings.

So why wouldn't NoScript be a solution to this leak? 



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