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to: Ed Vance
from: Paul Quinn
date: 2017-10-18 07:43:28
subject: NoScript

Hi! Ed,

On 10/17/2017 01:04 PM, you wrote:

 EV> On some web pages I see lots of selections in NoScripts dropdown list.

A good thing, Ed.  It's doing its job...

 EV> Some like jquery I've learned to Temporarily Allow.
 EV> I see a lot of things in the listing that I have no clue about.

 EV> I use the Temporary option most all the time figuring if I told NoScript
 EV> to Always Allow the next visit I made to a web page someone would had
 EV> hacked it and my Always Allow selection would barf my XP maching.

I do that on my Linux machines as well, as a matter of routine with newly
browsed websites.

 EV> Ghostery(sp?) was recommended to me to use once but I gave up trying to
 EV> learn how to use it alongside NoScript in Firefox.

Ghostery is unknown here.

 EV> I am thinking about getting a small Address Book so I can at least
 EV> have a page to write the unknown (to me) things I see in the list, and
 EV> then later on do a Search on DuckDuckGo to learn if it is a good
 EV> page option to allow, and mark the information alongside the entry for it
 EV> in the Address Book.

Nope.  You're doing well, Ed.  It's a slow process dealing with the garbage
on some websites.  There are some places I've completely backed-off from
and gone elsewhere.  Some sites just aren't worth the heartburn.

Cheers,
Paul.

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