NoScript strange message in a terminal

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johnscript
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NoScript strange message in a terminal

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Whilst running Firefox in a terminal I've spotted this strange message:
console.log: NoScript could not disable scripts for system global [System Principal]
I think it was one of those news websites containing loads of those cross-site requests calling each other, I was trying to watch a video that could clearly not be loaded without probably allowing everything so I just gave up.
But then I spotted that message and decided to ask, just in case it was something interesting.
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Re: NoScript strange message in a terminal

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Probably not interesting. Giorgio would know more about where the message comes from. Actually, it sounds like you have a higher-than-default level of logging enabled.
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Re: NoScript strange message in a terminal

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Thanks for your reply, I haven't explicitly enabled an higher verbosity level (as far as I know...), I just run Firefox from a terminal sometimes and - aside of this NoScript message - there is quite a lot of output indeed.
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Re: NoScript strange message in a terminal

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How come you're running Firefox 41.x instead of the latest release (Firefox 42.0)?
What NoScript version are you running?

I will take a look into this but right now I'm thinking it's likely related to another extension. (I don't see it in my Terminal running SeaMonkey FWIW.)


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Well that was a lot quicker than I thought it'd be. So it looks like this message is coming from chrome://noscript/content/WinScript.js and happens when NoScript tries to block scripts on a "system global". I'm not sure what a "global" is nor what the message actually means though. :|
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Re: NoScript strange message in a terminal

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I should also add that when I saw this message I was experimenting with the Policeman addon, maybe having both enabled isn't a good idea as they could conflict?
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Re: NoScript strange message in a terminal

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It could be some interaction between the two addons but I don't think something this minor counts as a "conflict". As a test disable Policeman and see if it persists?

Also what's the deal with that weird UA string you have there?
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It just means some page, either from the browser internals or another add-ons, is shown in a content viewer but has browser privileges and therefore cannot be blocked.
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