Who should be in control of giving Web sites access to things such as JavaScript, Java, and other plugins out there? Most folks would say that they would like the power. Unfortunately, most of the time that decision is not up to you. It is up to the person behind the Web page you are visiting. Well not anymore, as long as you are a Firefox user.

Here is what the author has to say about the NoScript Firefox extension:

Extra protection for your Firefox: NoScript allows JavaScript, Java (and other plugins) only for trusted domains of your choice (e.g. your home-banking web site). This white list based pre-emptive blocking approach prevents exploitation of security vulnerabilities (known and even unknown!) with no loss of functionality.

I’ve got to say I wish this was built into Firefox by default, but the fact that there is an extension for it is nice as well. It is one of the few extensions out there that gives more than just a few new tricks to the Firefox browser interface.

So do you want to be put back in control? Then go download the NoScript Firefox extension.

Tags: firefox, javascript, java, extension