Flash blocked with no placeholder

[cthorne]

I am finding flash movies blocked with no placeholder. I can access the movie by allowing the entire site, but I would rather just enable the flash movie. This previously did not work this way. There used to be a placeholder which I could click on to access the movie. Now, there is no placeholder.

How do I get the placeholder to appear as it once did for blocked flash movies?

Thanks.

[MrTwoSticks]

I Too am finding that flash is blocked. Went so far as to create a new profile, added in my add-ons including NoScript and no flash. Uninstalled NoScript and the flash is working. ???

[Giorgio Maone]

If the player is created by Javascript code, the placeholder can't be shown unless you allow Javascript because otherwise there's no plugin content to be replaced...

[cthorne]

What is the minimal steps I should take to access the video with the least amount of risk? Is there one or more steps I can take short of allowing the entire site? I'm not sure how to allow Javascript by itself. If I could, what risk would that expose?

[Giorgio Maone]

What is the minimal steps I should take to access the video with the least amount of risk? Is there one or more steps I can take short of allowing the entire site? I'm not sure how to allow Javascript by itself. If I could, what risk would that expose?

You can use NoScript Options|Embedded|Apply these restrictions to whitelisted sites too: this way, even if you use "Allow somesite.com" to whitelist a site for Javascript execution, plugin content will still be blocked (reducing the attack surface) and you'll get your placeholders to activate selectively.

[cthorne]

Sorry, I'm not sure how to do that. Could you provide more detail on how to do that? Sorry, to ask... I have quite a bit of computer savvy, but I don't really understand your advice. Maybe you could give me the NoScript for Dummies version...

[cthorne]

I found the option you referenced. I'll see if that helps. Still not really sure what I'm doing...