As a security-conscious user, I’ve used NoScript since Firefox’s early days, but its restrictive nature has become frustrating. I’m often forced to go unprotected just to access websites with multiple scripts running on different domains, which defeats the purpose of using NoScript and balances security and usability that it once provided.
Is there a way to block browser JavaScript from executing commands that retrieve sensitive information from my local machine, while still allowing JavaScript that is only used for rendering web pages?
by sensitive information I’m referring to
- local machine time
- local machine ram
- local machine operating system + version
- local machine hardware
- Serial Number
- Hardware ID
- UUID
- Windows Device ID
- Windows Product ID
- …
greatly appreciate any insight
many browsers allow connection to localhost ports, this is how discord opens discord links in the app and not the browser on people’s desktop computers.
I see, could you link to an article or video that explains more about how this is achieved? Is there a browser extension to disable a website from accessiing localhost connection?
socksv5 proxies, or you could dig into the settings and find a option to disable local connections (not sure where)