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No... And it is why I don’t mind the extra effort to use “NoScript” Bob. They shove this stuff at you with hidden scripts when you hit the page. They are not just Ad scripts, most now are tracking scripts that load up and stay there during your whole session on the net. And yes they track EVERYTHING. And I have hit pages where my NoScript has blocked almost 100 hidden 3rd party tracking scripts.

It is all about the browser tracking EVERYTHING you do, not any exploits installed by accident. Now the new trick is to have the landing page block almost everything unless I turn on the Javascript. As soon as I do all of a sudden they are dumping 75 3rd party scripts at me my NoScript has to block. The Java script was the “Vehicle” to deliver these.

Now I have been using Firefox only for the reason that I can add NoScript to it as and add on. Important note... Mint FF is their own unique FF that they compiled from the FF source code themselves and much more secure than the official FF distribution. Yet it lets you add FF addons like the NoScript and Ghostery ad blocker.

Currently I am playing with “Iridium” browser as suggested by another Freeper. It is fast and does indeed allow me to addon my NoScript and Ghostery, and they have a Linux version. Basically FF but claim better security. The reason I insist on having the NoScript is because it blocks EVERTHING, even things it has no source name for.

Then I can Allow these in the list individually one at a time until the content that I “absolutely” have to see renders but it still blocks the other 75 I really DO NOT want. While other browsers like Brave do block these, most times your only options are to allow the whole package, or not allow the whole package. All on, or all off.

NoScript lets you fine tune it to only the bare minimum you need to read the text, or view the image/video files. You do not have to allow the whole package like most do. It does come with a learning curve though. Because you do have to get familiar with what are BS API links and scripts, and what tools you do indeed need to render what you want...

NoScript is the only reason I am still using Mint FF. Testing Iridium right now as I mentioned. :)

Thanks. Don’t know why hackers have to are life so miserable for everyone by constantly making people defend themselves somehow. Or companies like firefox who wanna spy.

Thanks for mentioning ign iridium, I’m looking for good ff alternative for both Linux and windows 7

"Now I have been using Firefox only for the reason that I can add NoScript to it as and add on."

At least with Firefox then if you open a page and hit the F12 key and then Network tab and then F5 then you can see all the network requests being made. Like over 150 in the first minute on Gateway Pundit.