Reviews for NoScript Security Suite
NoScript Security Suite by Giorgio Maone
Review by Michael Rabinovsky
Rated 2 out of 5
by Michael Rabinovsky, 9 months agoNo Script is an incredibly useful add-on. In the past, I'd have given it five stars; it now gets only two (see issues below). All in all, I'd say it's still better to have it than not, but that's only because there is no better alternative, and there is no difference between having to completely disable it on a page versus not having it at all.
First of all, it would have gotten three due to the issues I list further down, but it gets two because of a major functionality problem that makes it obnoxious to use, and by its admission, not private in private windows.
In the past, when you set it to trust top-level domains, it would automatically set them to temp trusted; however, for whatever reason, it now sets them to "custom," for me, which functions the same as untrusted, and changing it doesn't even refresh the page for you.
The default setting handling is a huge inconvenience, but that is not where the problems end. You cannot restore previous functionality by manually setting the top-level domain to temp trust. To enable scripts on the page, you must set it to trust, which makes it permanently trusted, and keeps a log of every page you visit in private windows. If you try to change it to temp trust and refresh the page, it goes back to "custom."
Besides that, the description for the extension is outdated. Not only does it still mention Flash, but it also claims no loss of functionality when you need it, which is not true. In most cases, enabling some scripts will return the functionality you need, but there are several reasons why that's not always the case.
Sometimes, certain scripts you need will be on sub-domains of the top-level domain, and they need to be enabled separately; however, NoScript doesn't show them because it thinks they are part of the main domain, so you have no way to make the site work without completely disabling the addon for the page.
In other instances, sites won't load all the scripts until they load some other domains. For example, a CDN containing vital scripts might not appear on the list because it's called after an analytics script has run. There is no way to know that unless you enable each script on the list, one by one. The domain doesn't need to be related; it's just something about how the page loads.
First of all, it would have gotten three due to the issues I list further down, but it gets two because of a major functionality problem that makes it obnoxious to use, and by its admission, not private in private windows.
In the past, when you set it to trust top-level domains, it would automatically set them to temp trusted; however, for whatever reason, it now sets them to "custom," for me, which functions the same as untrusted, and changing it doesn't even refresh the page for you.
The default setting handling is a huge inconvenience, but that is not where the problems end. You cannot restore previous functionality by manually setting the top-level domain to temp trust. To enable scripts on the page, you must set it to trust, which makes it permanently trusted, and keeps a log of every page you visit in private windows. If you try to change it to temp trust and refresh the page, it goes back to "custom."
Besides that, the description for the extension is outdated. Not only does it still mention Flash, but it also claims no loss of functionality when you need it, which is not true. In most cases, enabling some scripts will return the functionality you need, but there are several reasons why that's not always the case.
Sometimes, certain scripts you need will be on sub-domains of the top-level domain, and they need to be enabled separately; however, NoScript doesn't show them because it thinks they are part of the main domain, so you have no way to make the site work without completely disabling the addon for the page.
In other instances, sites won't load all the scripts until they load some other domains. For example, a CDN containing vital scripts might not appear on the list because it's called after an analytics script has run. There is no way to know that unless you enable each script on the list, one by one. The domain doesn't need to be related; it's just something about how the page loads.
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Had to disable the extension because it prevented me to watch pictures on pages. - Rated 5 out of 5by liberty, 10 days ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by FFuser68.11, 15 days agoUpdate: rotating the screen from portrait to landscape displays the complete noscript "page".... since latest update (Apr 23, 2026), noscript is unusable with firefox for android version 150.0.1 (android 10 on my s9+ and android 14 on my pixel 4a) [in portrait vs landscape]... when extension is displayed to view script permissions, "page" is not fully displayed [in portrait vs landscape], cannot view site information, the text on the right of displayed "page" is cutoff.... page seems zoomed in, "enlarged" and does not "shrink" so the entire "page" can be viewed, the text is cut off from view, cannot "scroll" to left or right nor pinch zoom, in or out, to view all noscript permissions and site information in portrait view, displays full "page" in landscape view... in portrait view, the noscript "page" appears as a pop-up window??? ...for an unknown reason I am unable to register on the noscript.net InformAction forum... no matter the email address used nor its length, the number of characters... Error: "The solution you provided was incorrect - Please note that you will need to enter a valid email address before your account is activated".... cannot post new topics in this forum.... Error: "The solution you provided was incorrect".
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- Rated 5 out of 5by Parasite, 22 days agoEssa extensão ela é muito boa e me protegeu de vários malwares por aí, do mesmo jeito que ela bloqueie jogos antigos ela ainda é boa contra malwates
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- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 19806246, a month agoThis is one of the most distinctive Firefox add-ons for me. To be honest, I'm not using it right now because I'm still learning how to use it more effectively. I'm actually trying to learn more about internet security, and I've noticed that using this add-on is great for protecting your privacy from malicious JavaScript. I highly recommend it. Thank you.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Heather, 2 months agoProbably one of the most essential addons for firefox, next to ublock. Great for security but it's recommended to have a tech background cuz the default settings can break many sites.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Rifat, 2 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by noewaeda, 2 months agoit's an essential extension. without it, using the internet is like walking directly into a warzone.
on the strict setting, it makes browsing slightly more clunky due to having to give websites some trust, but it's usually not that big of a deal. - Rated 5 out of 5by Max Rower, 2 months ago
- Rated 2 out of 5by fidius, 2 months agoI uninstalled this extension because it randomly started interfering with browsing due to some nonsense swipe-style gesture 'feature'. Used to be a good extension but I'm not inclined to trust it anymore.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 19773062, 2 months agoDue to a bug that effected mobile scrolling, I disabled Noscript for a day and discovered what a horrible experience browsing was without it.
It seems the bug is now fixed, and in record time too. Thanks Giorgio. Fantastic extension.