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y0himba:
http://adblockplus.org/blog/attention-noscript-users

NoScript is adware.

f0dder:
http://adblockplus.org/blog/attention-noscript-users

NoScript is adware.
-y0himba (May 05, 2009, 06:37 AM)
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Nice links, y0himba!

I had wondered a bit at all the advertisements at the noscript site, but didn't care to dig deeper into it. Considering the tactics used, perhaps it's time to dump noscript and look for an alternative :(

y0himba:
The NoScript author actually posted an "apology" if that is what you want to call it.  In it he blames the AdBlock author.
http://hackademix.net/2009/05/04/dear-adblock-plus-and-noscript-users-dear-mozilla-community/

nosh:
He's also having problems with Ghostery, this guy obviously believes in taking a proactive approach. :)
Ghostery Watches the Web Sites that are Watching You. Find out how web sites are watching you across every page on the web with Ghostery. Ghostery alerts you when you visit a web site that has web bugs on it. Web bugs are hidden scripts that track your behavior and are used by the sites you visit to understand their own audience.
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From the Ghostery site:
Attention all NoScript users

Tonight I learned from Mark Pilgrim that the NoScript Firefox extension is arbitrarily blocking Ghostery’s notification window. This is the window that notifies you about which web bugs were found on the current page. NoScript is doing this without their user’s consent and without the option to turn off this behavior.
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http://news.ghostery.com/post/103180001/attention-all-noscript-users

Edit: Seems it's the NoScript site (not the extension) that's disabling Ghostery - read the comments to the Ghostery post.

Lashiec:
The outcome of all this is actually pretty nice: Mozilla proposed a change in the policy to prevent future problems. No more Fast Dial shenanigans!

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