[tbb-bugs] #26847 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Tor Browser 8.0, noscript pops up a full-browser-size window to warn me about x-site scripting

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Tue Sep 11 08:59:45 UTC 2018


#26847: Tor Browser 8.0, noscript pops up a full-browser-size window to warn me
about x-site scripting
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 Reporter:  arma                                 |          Owner:  tbb-
                                                 |  team
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                               |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser             |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tbb-8.0-issues, tbb-regression,      |  Actual Points:
  noscript                                       |
Parent ID:                                       |         Points:
 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by gk):

 Giorgio: Is there a way to make this XSS warning less obtrusive? We have
 users that are scare as hell by those popups thinking they got a virus or
 something. I guess a lot of them are very likely false positives, too
 (like the one on the nytimes website)?

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