[Cialug] Firefox for paranoid people

[Daniel A. Ramaley]

On 2010-04-25 at 14:22:38, Matthew Nuzum wrote:
>I like Flash Block most days. It removes flash and instead places an
>icon so if you do want to see the flash movie you just click the icon
>and you get the usual effect. The only downside is some apps (like
>gmail) use flash for advanced upload features and there is no visible
>UI to click to get the feature.

The other downside is that Flash Block requires JavaScript. So if you 
run a JavaScript blocker, Flash Block doesn't work.

I use Adblock Plus and NoScript. NoScript has a flash blocker that works 
as well as Flash Block but doesn't require JavaScript to be on.

-- 
Daniel A. Ramaley
Network Engineer 2

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