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tl;dr browser.tabs.remote.autostart.2 = false i'm able to recreate the problem apart from any extension (in my case ubufox) by setting browser.tabs.remote.autostart.2 to "false" (from the default of "true", though it says in about:config that it's technically "user set"...

it might be a red herring (and/or i total misunderstand the circumstances), but prompted by the reference to the "separate content process for file:// URLs" change in firefox 53... the ubufox (ie "ubuntu modifications") add-on disables (either directly or incidentally) "mult...

so the problem is caused by the "Ubuntu Modifications" extension (whatever that does). after disabling the "Ubuntu Modifications" extension (and restarting firefox), then enabling "Allow local links" in noscript does not prevent "file://" urls to be recognized...

i just verified the problem i describe is also present with NoScript 5.0.3rc5. i'm not sure how to provide any more information as the firefox browser console shows nothing upon entering "file:///" (unless i enable css reflows logging, but that only displays "function _loadURL, urlbar...

firefox 53 noscript 5.0.2 Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:53.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/53.0 unexpected behavior: if noscript is installed with "Allow local links" enabled (ie No Options -> Advanced -> Trusted -> Additional permissions for trusted sites -> Allow local links), the...