HowToGeek annoyance

PhilK · Post by **PhilK** » Sat Jun 11, 2016 1:45 am

Long time NoScript user.

Recently I noticed pages on HowToGeek.com are serving annoyances which cause the page to constantly re-load, and the way the URL is constructed leads me to wonder if they are detecting NoScript and playing games to try to annoy NoScript users. This is one example:

http://www.howtogeek.com/253461/how-to- ... d=noscript

Note that if you put the base URL in, it will append the "?PageSpeed=noscript" part by itself.

Any ideas?

I'm using PaleMoon 26.2.2.

Thanks much.

Post by **barbaz** » Sat Jun 11, 2016 2:37 am

about:config > set accessibility.blockautorefresh to true ?

PhilK · Post by **PhilK** » Sat Jun 11, 2016 8:58 am

@barbaz:

Thanks for the suggestion. I can't try that right now because I have a bunch of work tabs open, I will try it later.

But can you tell me what functionality that might break? I really don't want to fix a possibly transient issue on one site I rarely go to, only to have 15 other sites I use a lot break.

Thanks much.

Post by **therube** » Sat Jun 11, 2016 10:50 am

Code: Select all

</script></head>
<body class='v3'><noscript><meta HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" content="0;url='http://www.howtogeek.com/253461/how-to-find-out-if-your-device-is-running-32-bit-or-64-bit-android/?PageSpeed=noscript'" /><style><!--table,div,span,font,p{display:none} --></style><div style="display:block">Please click <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/253461/how-to-find-out-if-your-device-is-running-32-bit-or-64-bit-android/?PageSpeed=noscript">here</a> if you are not redirected within a few seconds.</div></noscript>

Post by **therube** » Sat Jun 11, 2016 10:54 am

Or you could set, NoScript | Options | Advanced -> Untrusted => Forbid META redirections inside <NOSCRIPT> elements.

Not by not allowing howtogeek.com, pictures are blocked.

Post by **barbaz** » Sat Jun 11, 2016 4:04 pm

therube wrote:by not allowing howtogeek.com, pictures are blocked.

Pics seem to show up fine here @ both the link in the OP and http://www.howtogeek.com/253461/how-to- ... t-android/, with no scripts allowed...
Screenshot of what's missing?

Post by **therube** » Sun Jun 12, 2016 10:02 am

Post by **barbaz** » Sun Jun 12, 2016 3:11 pm

Odd, the screenshot on your right is what I get without allowing any scripts. Maybe something on my end is unblocking the images?
EDIT Ah, it's this: viewtopic.php?f=26&t=19929

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