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Re: Please disable JavaScript to view this site

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Post by vulcan01 »

s1k3s wrote: post #20
mtmail wrote: post #15

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Similar a company with 250 billion USD revenue (2019) https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/

"Reproduction or distribution of any materials obtained on this website or linking to this website without written permission is prohibited." https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/disclaimer.html What? :)

From one of my previous comments in another thread (this past week, probably):

> IANAL

> What I think they mean by this is that you shouldn't link to resources on their website to make it seem like they endorse your (product, website, whatever).

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25153873

Re: Please disable JavaScript to view this site

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Post by fiddlerwoaroof »

usr1106 wrote: post #34
capableweb wrote: post #22

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> Can anybody recommend a tool to look what Javascript code loaded by a certain page is doing? Open your browser's developer tools, go to the Script/Debugger tab and have at it. It's just about as obtuse to use as a tool as gdb, but you'll see exactly what it does. Chrome dev tools has automatic formatting of the code, maybe firefox too. But you'll be stuck with shitty variable names if they been mangled. Although yo…

> It would be interesting to have a browser tool that is like strace and you could filter by calls, so you can see exactly where window.navigator is being used for example, or localStorage.setItem. Exactly, that's what I meant.

Because JavaScript is dynamic, you can often rebind things like window.fetch to trace what’s going on (store the old copy and replace with a new one that does something before delegating). If you can arrange your shim to be loaded before any other JS, I guess you could implement something like object capabilities for JavaScript?

Re: Please disable JavaScript to view this site

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Post by userbinator »

brianzelip wrote: post #56
alpb wrote: post #10

For those using Chrome, this is easy as clicking the lock icon next to the domain name in the address bar, then "Site Settings".

Stop using chrome

I wonder if there's a "please downgrade your browser to view this site" variation...

Re: Please disable JavaScript to view this site

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Post by thought_alarm »

pqdbr wrote: post #64
IceWreck wrote: post #39

For those looking for an easy way to disable JS, uBlock Origin has a button to disable it

If using Chrome, you can use Cmd+Shift+C to open DevTools, Cmd+Shift+P to open command palette, and then type 'disable javascript' and hit enter.

If using Safari, use System Preferences to assign a shortcut to the "Disable Javascript" menu command (I use command+K).

Re: Please disable JavaScript to view this site

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Post by sebmellen »

forgotmypw17 wrote: post #11
sebmellen wrote: post #4

Is there a NoScript equivalent for Chrome on Android?

Yes, it's built into the browser. First, go to "Site settings" and disable it globally. To make a site-wide exception, click on the icon in the address bar and enable it for the site there. It used to be crippled and unusable, but they fixed it recently. I also recommend Bromite on Android.

Yes, I'm using Bromite actually. Thanks for the note, it's been a while since I looked.

Re: Please disable JavaScript to view this site

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Post by runarberg »

yjftsjthsd-h wrote: post #43
patrec wrote: post #33

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You can assign a keyboard shorcut to that easily (I bound it to Cmd+Shift+J and find it super-handy): https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mac-help/mchlp2271/mac If someone knows how to achieve the same on Linux for Chrome and Firefox, I'd love to hear it (browser plugins are a bit of a security and stability shitshow, so non-plugin solution would be preferred, all else being equal).

Mozilla removed the normal settings toggle a while back, so your options are to manually set javascript.enabled in about:config or use an extension. I agree in general that extensions aren't great, but I trust uBlock. I think Chrome actually is fine although I don't know of a keybinding for it: Don't they still have a toggle right in the site menu (click the icon to the left of the URL to toggle all kinds of these th…

You can still disable JavaScript via the developer tools. Although it is this session only and auto-reload, so you must tick that checkbox every time you navigate to a new link.

Re: Please disable JavaScript to view this site

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Post by dane-pgp »

Spivak wrote: post #53
s1k3s wrote: post #31

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Didn't even know this was a thing.

Just make sure that all your links are copyrighted works (authored by you of course) and then DMCA anywhere the link appears.

That's so crazy it might just work. I checked an article about copyright protection for short phrases[0] and learnt that a court ruled that the text “I may not be totally perfect, but parts of me are excellent” is protected by copyright. It would thus be possible for the author of that phrase to register:

i-may-not-be-totally-perfect-but-parts-of-me-are-excellent.com

and sue anyone who links to them. Hopefully the author will be so grateful for this insight that they won't sue me for reproducing their copyrighted work in this comment.

[0] https://fairuse.stanford.edu/2003/09/09/copyright_protection...

Re: Please disable JavaScript to view this site

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Post by patrec »

1over137 wrote: post #44
patrec wrote: post #33

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You can assign a keyboard shorcut to that easily (I bound it to Cmd+Shift+J and find it super-handy): https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mac-help/mchlp2271/mac If someone knows how to achieve the same on Linux for Chrome and Firefox, I'd love to hear it (browser plugins are a bit of a security and stability shitshow, so non-plugin solution would be preferred, all else being equal).

He said iOS, not macOS. Most iOS devices don't have a keyboard to do combos like that.

Ugh, sorry, I misread that. The workaround I would recommend on iOS is just turn javascript off in Safari and install another (Safari-skin) browser like Chrome for the times when you need javascript -- or vice versa, depending on what your default preference is.
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