[tor-talk] Mail service requires "java script enabled"

[andre76 at fastmail.fm]

.The problem site is Yahoo.com.  It wants java script to be running.

Don't know what to do.


On Tue, Jan 15, 2013, at 06:14 AM, Joe Btfsplk wrote:
> His subj. said java script, but in the message he said Java.  Not many, 
> if any web mails REQUIRE java.  But many sites, incl. many web mails 
> need js - at least to login.  You might be able to get around w/o js, 
> once logged in.
> There's no way around not using js, on some sites, if you want it to 
> work, be able to d/l files, etc.  In TBB, NoScript comes set default to 
> allow js globally.
> 
> Never say never - but I don't know that the real risk of js is leaking 
> identity so much as someone running malicious code on sites you don't 
> know or shouldn't trust.
> 
> On 1/14/2013 9:52 PM, SiNA Rabbani wrote:
> > Java or JavaScript?
> >
> > Do not use email service that requires plugins such as Java.
> > On Jan 14, 2013 7:26 PM, <andre76 at fastmail.fm> wrote:
> >
> >> In trying to access an email, web based, the service said that java has
> >> to be enabled.
> >>
> >> What's the best course of action here?
> >>
> >> Will enabling java create an IP leak or in some way defeat the purpose
> >> of using Tor to access the mail?
> >>
> >> Does Tor browser bundle even have the ability to use java?
> >>
> >>
> >> .
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