USAToday is blocked

[satyrias]

I have been reading USA Today without any problem in FF with NoScript 5.0. Today I updated the FF to 52.0 Then the USA Today website came with a warning, "YOUR AD BLOCKER IS ON Your ad blocker is interfering with the operation of this page. Please disable it or whitelist this site. "

"USA Today.com" and "USA Today.net" are white listed but it is still blocked.

Anybody knows what else I have to whitelist.

Thanks

[barbaz]

First check, does it work with Allow Scripts Globally and no sites Marked as Untrusted?

[satyrias]

Yes, when I allowed the Script globally, the US Today site is working normally. Now lots of ads are flashing

There are lots of Scripts for that page. So, do I try to block one by one or any other trick to eliminate ?

[barbaz]

Probably best to go back to what you had before (NoScript menu > Forbid Scripts Globally), then add sites one at a time until usatoday lets you in. Once it does, you might double-check that every site you allowed is actually required to get in.

Please let us know the final results, thanks. If you right-click the NoScript Options menu item, it copies the entire script listing. You can then paste it in here with Ctrl-V.

[satyrias]

I am not able to do that way since the Warning appears within a second and I don't see USAtoday page at all to add one by one. . Right now I stuck with it after blocking two of the Scripts. The warning came back with a blank page. Now I can't get to that USA Today page to give permission of those blocked Script since it flashes away...

Is there any other way I can get to those blocked script to allow?

[barbaz]

If you Allow Scripts Globally, then Mark as Untrusted all the sites in the NS menu that are listed here - viewtopic.php?f=26&t=19930

Do you get the anti-adblock warning?

[Thrawn]

If I browse to usatoday.com with everything blocked, I don't get any redirection.

Whitelisting usatoday.com results in a redirection to ssl.gannett-cdn.com.

Looks like there's inline script on the page that does this (line 796). There are a few options:

- Leave usatoday.com blocked. Might interfere with your use of the site, especially videos.
- Whitelist gannett-cdn.com (probably). You'll likely see ads if you do this.
- Block gannett-cdn.com entirely using ABE. This seems to break the site's styling, unfortunately.
- Write a surrogate to stop the inline script. This would take some JavaScript knowledge and experimentation, but would be quite effective.

[satyrias]

Finally I found the Script. It is " 7q1z79gxsi.global.ssl.fastly.net " . I whitelisted that script, then I can browse usatoday.com as usual.

Thank you for all the suggestion and help.

[therube]

Heh, that's funny.

It wasn't until after I disabled (uBlock) on usatoday.com, that I was redirected, telling me that I was using an ad blocker.

Prior to that, I was able to browse without incident.

2.9.5.3, usatoday.com & gannett-cdn.com allowed.

[Thrawn]

@satyrias: Good on you for finding it. If you want to stop it from tracking you, you could try an ABE rule such as:

Code: Select all

Site .fastly.net
Anon

[satyrias]

@Thrawn:
Since I am not familiar with this, I have a question.

Where do I paste your code? in System or User rulesets ?

And then, do I need to remove that Script from the Whitelist as well?

[barbaz]

Where do I paste your code? in System or User rulesets ?

Put it in USER. The SYSTEM ruleset is for rules which Giorgio has determined are in all users' interest. Best to leave that default unless you need to write an exception to those rules.

And then, do I need to remove that Script from the Whitelist as well?

No. ABE is as related to script blocking as baboons are to Swiss cheese, i.e. not at all.

You'll want to keep that script whitelisted.

[Thrawn]

ABE is as related to script blocking as baboons are to Swiss cheese, i.e. not at all.

I prefer to think of them as a door lock and chain, or perhaps a security screen door. They work independently, and either one will keep the doorway closed, but obviously you'll need to unlock the door in order for the chain/screen to be useful.