[HN Gopher] JShelter - An anti-malware browser extension
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       JShelter - An anti-malware browser extension
        
       Author : yewenjie
       Score  : 76 points
       Date   : 2021-10-03 10:46 UTC (12 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (jshelter.org)
 (TXT) w3m dump (jshelter.org)
        
       | Nezteb wrote:
       | I'll be keeping an eye on this because it looks neat.
       | 
       | Suggestion: Consolidate the websites/names. I see two:
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       | - JShelter: http://jshelter.org/
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       | - JavaScript Restrictor: https://polcak.github.io/jsrestrictor/
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       | It was slightly off-putting to click on the JShelter Chrome link
       | only to be greeted with a "different" extension. I assume the
       | project was originally called "JavaScript Restrictor" and is
       | undergoing a rename (which is fine), but I could see new users
       | being wary of installing it because of this.
       | 
       | Thanks for sharing!
        
       | oblak wrote:
       | Not bad, though I am not giving up on NoScript any time soon.
       | It's almost zero effort to me, even my wife has been trained to
       | use it. All I had to do was force her to use common sense and
       | deduct domain names when allowing stuff. It's been working great
       | for about a decade.
       | 
       | Good luck with this add on. Hopefully it won't be acquired by an
       | ad agency like so many others have.
        
       | spansoa wrote:
       | Neat project. Disabling JS globally in something like uBlock
       | Origin has been my goto solution for a while now. Now and then I
       | have to whitelist a page and run some JS and oftentimes the page
       | is just a blank white screen that doesn't tell the user they need
       | JS to view the content.
       | 
       | I take a risk doing that because you don't know if the page is
       | laced with malware or a fingerprinting script, so this tool looks
       | promising if it makes JS _safer_ to use by messing with various
       | JS APIs.
        
       | johnnyfived wrote:
       | This looks really cool, unfortunately the UI window that appears
       | when I click the extension is like 50 pixels wide for me and
       | unusable.
        
       | 1MachineElf wrote:
       | Awesome tool and fills a growing niche.
       | 
       | If you scroll down, you'll see it's supported in part by NLnet:
       | https://nlnet.nl/
       | 
       | I am really impressed by the amount of great technology projects
       | they support.
        
         | nuccy wrote:
         | For the Firefox there is a direct link to a Czech version of
         | addons.mozilla.org, having English or auto-decting one [1]
         | would be better.
         | 
         | [1] https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/javascript-
         | restrict...
        
         | nuccy wrote:
         | Indeed nice project. I wonder how rounding the timer in JS
         | which is active for all levels above 1, would affect JS engines
         | of sites.
         | 
         | P.S. For the Firefox there is a direct link to a Czech version
         | of addons.mozilla.org, having English or auto-decting one [1]
         | would be better.
         | 
         | [1] https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/javascript-
         | restrict...
        
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