[feature request] pref to overwrite default whitelist

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adrelanos
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[feature request] pref to overwrite default whitelist

Post by adrelanos »

There are some default whitelist entries such as paypal.com, netflix.com and many others.

(file common/Policy.js function defaultOptions and file legacy/defaults.js)

Could you please add a feature, that if a specific environment variable is set, don't set these defaults and keep the default white list empty?

Related:
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/31798
Last edited by adrelanos on Sat Sep 21, 2019 1:40 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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barbaz
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Re: [feature request] environment variable to clear default whitelist

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Sorry but there is currently no way for a WebExtension to read environment variables.
adrelanos wrote: Thu Sep 19, 2019 11:27 am Related:
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/31798
This sounds like a Tor Browser issue, reporting to them was the right place.
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adrelanos
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Re: [feature request] environment variable to clear default whitelist

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Ok, understood.

Alternatively,

Could you please add a pref?

By pref I mean related to about:config. The default whitelist could be an about:config string. Such as:

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extensions.noscript.whitelist
Such a pref could then be added to user.js by Tor Browser developers and/or users.
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barbaz
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Re: [feature request] pref to overwrite default whitelist

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Unfortunately WebExtensions can't read about:config prefs either. :(

If there's anything for NoScript to do here, it would likely need to be based on its existing means to detect Tor Browser. (I'm not sure how that detection works.)
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adrelanos
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Re: [feature request] pref to overwrite default whitelist

Post by adrelanos »

I see.

In https://github.com/hackademix/noscript/ ... -533972482 I further changed my feature request as in "some mechanism that any webextension can use". Would you prefer to use https://github.com/hackademix/noscript/ ... -533972482 to avoid duplication?
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Re: [feature request] pref to overwrite default whitelist

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adrelanos wrote: Mon Sep 23, 2019 7:51 am Would you prefer to use https://github.com/hackademix/noscript/ ... -533972482 to avoid duplication?
No, we would prefer the discussion be kept here, thanks.
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