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I am sure this is answered somewhere in here, but I have no idea what the proper search would be.

I want to know if there is a way so when I select "Allow all this page" it allows all this page. I suspect when I click it the first time, new questionable elements are loaded and causes NoScript to ask again - for sites I trust I would like to be able to simply click a selection that re-allows redundantly until there are no more questions!

Is this possible?

Thank-you!

It has indeed been asked many times, and the answer is "there is no point, just allow scripts globally".

You may think you trust these sites, but the whole point is that the scripts being downloaded are from other sites - and you don't even know which sites in advance. You may as well just allow the whole internet.

The correct approach is to work out which sites are actually needed and give them permanent permissions. If you're on sites that you trust, then that must mean that you visit them regularly, so it's worth taking the time to do this.

Considering it, the number of sites that I would truely entirely trust are not that many, such as my employer.

I am still somewhat on the fence on this for I see valid use, but it is better to err on the side of caution.

Thank-you for answering!

After considering all sides with practical application now over some time, I am afraid I have reversed my position. I truly do appreciate the zeal you show in wishing to positively protect my, and everyone's, security, but practically, I simply do not consider visits to highly commercially established websites such as major corporations or government entities, enough of a risk to have to hit the "Allow all for this page" over and over.

I know there are cases where hackers have stuck their code within those pages, but the occurrences that I have seen reports on are comparatively so rare that I do not see it as a probable risk. Perhaps one day I will be bitten in the back by such an attitude and wish I had listened to you at significant loss for me, but I just do not presently see it a credible risk for those major web sites.

Do you have data that evidences otherwise?

Well, there's this.

I would never recommend hitting 'Allow All This Page' over and over. I would recommend temporarily allowing sites, one at a time, until the page works, then selecting 'Make Page Permissions Permanent'. This process should really only need to occur once, maybe twice, at each website you regularly visit. Many sites work well enough for you to read them without any scripts at all.

Do you really visit all that many sites? I would think that the number you visit frequently is small enough that it wouldn't be unreasonable to go through the process of working out - just once - which scripts they need. If you use multiple computers, you can export your whitelist from one and import it to another.

And if you're constantly visiting sites that you've never been to before, then you need NoScript, and you need to be careful how you use it, because you really can't be sure that you're treading on safe ground.