NoScript? No way.

I hate to break the nice bout of silence here, but I can't stay silent on this. From the Adblock Plus blog:

For years, NoScript has been using a trick to prevent Adblock Plus from working on its domains.

[...] at some point I suggested that EasyList should be extended by a filter to block ads specifically on NoScript’s domains.

What followed was a small war — the website would add various tricks to prevent Adblock Plus with EasyList from blocking ads, EasyList kept adjusting filters. Then, a week ago a new NoScript version was released. A few days later I noticed first bug reports — apparently, Adblock Plus "glitches" were observed with this NoScript version, especially around NoScript's domains (but not only those). When I investigated this issue I couldn’t believe my eyes. NoScript was extended by a piece of obfuscated (!) code to specifically target Adblock Plus and disable parts of its functionality. The issues caused by this manipulation were declared as "compatibility issues" in the NoScript forum, even now I still didn't see any official admission of crippling Adblock Plus. Clearly, NoScript is moving from the gray area of adware into dark black area of scareware, making money at user's expense at any cost.

Utterly disgraceful on NoScript's part. To think that this software has been on my computers for possibly years, and doing this shit right under my nose.

I may have been able to sympathise with the NoScript developers if it were merely negligence that Adblock Plus didn't work on their site, but to actively and subversively stop it from working is totally unacceptable. As a programmer and a Linux user, I demand full control of my system at all times, and as of right now I am using that control to remove NoScript from my browser.

To users of Firefox, Adblock Plus and NoScript, I implore you all to uninstall NoScript. If you can't, you can still stop NoScript updates from sending you to their ad-ridden site by setting this in about:config:

noscript.firstRunRedirection = false

To disable NoScript's secret blocklist in Adblock Plus:

1. Enter Adblock Plus's preferences.
2. Scroll to the bottom of the filter list. A new, unexpected filter list named "NoScript Development Support Filterset" will be present with exception rules for its own site.
3. Uncheck "NoScript Development Support Filterset" to disable its whitelist rules.

Hacker News discussion here.