[RESOLVED] Possible NoScript loop

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ronks
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[RESOLVED] Possible NoScript loop

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Running NoScript 5.0.5 on 64-bit Firefox 54.0 and Windows 10, Firefox locks up and has to be killed whenever I visit
http://www.nytimes.com/column/bits
By disabling NoScript (and nothing else) as an add-on, the page displays properly and FF responds.
Not sure what the cause is, but it seems to be related to NoScript.
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Re: Possible NoScript loop

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If the site loads script from facebook.net, just Mark facebook.net as Untrusted. Problem solved.

If there are no facebook.net script, you're hitting a known bug in NoScript's XSS filter -
viewtopic.php?f=10&t=22828
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=22881
*Always* check the changelogs BEFORE updating that important software!
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Re: Possible NoScript loop

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Thanks! I un-trusted facebook.net and so far the site works again.
But I suppose I should ask if allowing facebook.net scripts, which I must have whitelisted at some point, has any value?
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Re: Possible NoScript loop

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Not unless you like to have about as much privacy as the Kardashian family. That is, without any of the upsides they get. ;)
*Always* check the changelogs BEFORE updating that important software!
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Re: Possible NoScript loop

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Got it. ;-)
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Re: [RESOLVED] Possible NoScript loop

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Please check latest development build 5.0.6rc5, thanks.
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Re: [RESOLVED] Possible NoScript loop

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So I take it that
> [XSS] Fixed performance regression in handling of big JSON
payloads causing the browser to freeze on loading pages
with Facebook tracking subframes
was the issue?
I think I'll wait till the fix gets into the stable release, but thanks for the information.
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