Detecting non-free JavaScript (was: GNOME 3.26 Release Parties)
Tobias Mueller <[email protected]>
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hey hey!
On Fr, 2017-09-15 at 14:12 -0700, Christian Hergert wrote:
> It's difficult and time-consuming to audit a code-base received via a
> web-browser. It can also very from client to client. Do you have a tool
> that can tell us if a website contains non-free JavaScript? Perhaps a
> browser plugin?
There is https://www.gnu.org/software/librejs/
GNU LibreJS aims to address the JavaScript problem described in
Richard Stallman's article The JavaScript Trap. LibreJS is a free
add-on for GNU IceCat and other Mozilla-based browsers. It blocks
nonfree nontrivial JavaScript while allowing JavaScript that is free
and/or trivial.
Downloading LibreJS
In GNU IceCat or any Mozilla browser, you can install LibreJS by
clicking on this link and following the subsequent instructions:
gnu_librejs-6.0.13-fx.xpi (601K).
The git log indicates activity:
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/librejs.git/log/
so that it might work with recent browsers.
Cheers,
Tobi
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