I have found that when I disable javascript in Firefox, it automatically gets enabled on restart. I'm not sure if this it because of TorButton, but I wouldn't be surprised. On another note, I've heard that using both NoScript and TorButton can be dangerous, but I don't know any specifics.
Ringo Ted Smith wrote: > On Tue, 2009-03-24 at 22:25 -0400, krishna e bera wrote: >> i wrote: >>> However, javascript is not required for either Torbutton or >>> Tor Browser Bundle functionality, so you can turn javascript off >>> for additional security. >> Ack! For some reason i thought Torbutton was implemented purely in XUL >> but a lot of it is actually implemented in javascript. >> Sorry for misleading - i should have read the pages i pointed to :( >> On the other hand, so far i have not found a test with javascript off >> that leaks info or uncloaks Torbutton... > > I believe that turning off javascript in firefox does not disable > extensions which are written in javascript. I could be wrong, but I have > never heard of that being the case.