Re: LibreJS fails to block nonfree scripts on pages served through other protocols than http(s)

[Svetlana Tkachenko]

> LibreJS version: 7.20.2
> 
> Browser version: Parabola's Iceweasel 81.0.2-1
> 
> Actually affected versions: all LibreJS versions for Firefox Quantum (60
> onwards) and its derivatives
> 
> Steps to reproduce:
> 1. Save any page together with nonfree scripts to an html file. You can
> also write one from scratch or use the one I trained drag&drop on (added
> as an attachment).
> 2. Open the file in Your browser with LibreJS enabled (put
> file:///<path-to-html-file> in the URL box).
> 3. You can also try accessing ftp:// URLs or other ones.
> 
> Expected behaviour: LibreJS blocks the javascript in that html file or
> marks it as free or marks it as trivial.
> 
> Actual behaviour: Scripts happily execute and LibreJS doesn't even know
> about them.
> 
> Reason: LibreJS relies solely on the WebRequest API to block scripts and
> the API only works for HTTP(S).
> 
> Workaround: Use NoScript or some other extension.
> 
> My remarks:
> The developers must have deliberately omitted a crucial functionality
> from the extension. That's not the worst, however. A bigger problem is
> that the entire concept behind LibreJS is flawed. But this mail is not
> the right place to paste my essay about that.

Has this been fixed?