Question regarding MT and uBlock Origin

[Overkill]

May I ask what exactly ajax.googleapis.com is and what it is used for? I currently have it blocked cause I wasn't sure what it does...

 

[Jack]

May I ask what exactly ajax.googleapis.com is and what it is used for? I currently have it blocked cause I wasn't sure what it does...

This is the complete script: https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.0/jquery.min.js
As you can see at the end it loads a .js file part of jQuery. This is a script that is used on many sites, and is helps developers at building websites. It basically helps with the animations and other stuff like this. More details:

jQuery is a cross-platform JavaScript library designed to simplify the client-side scripting of HTML. jQuery is the most popular JavaScript library in use today, with installation on 65% of the top 10 million highest-trafficked sites on the Web. jQuery is free, open-source software licensed under the MIT License.

jQuery's syntax is designed to make it easier to navigate a document, select DOM elements, create animations, handle events, and develop Ajax applications. jQuery also provides capabilities for developers to create plug-ins on top of the JavaScript library. This enables developers to create abstractions for low-level interaction and animation, advanced effects and high-level, themeable widgets. The modular approach to the jQuery library allows the creation of powerful dynamic web pages and Web applications.

Read more: jQuery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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It's loaded from - Hosted Libraries | Hosted Libraries | Google Developers -

https://ajax.googleapis.com/

or Google Hosted Libraries (CDN) because it's faster to download than if we were to serve you this file. This is a standard implementation for websites that use jQuery and I'm sure that you will encounter this on many other websites.

 

[Overkill]

Oh I see... I wasn't sure if it was a tracking/privacy issue. I'll just allow it globally. Thanks Jack

 

[_CyberGhosT_]

Oh I see... I wasn't sure if it was a tracking/privacy issue. I'll just allow it globally. Thanks Jack

Woah, hey Overkill, allow it by site, dont allow globally, this is a popular js to exploit for the plugin feature.
I would recommend allowing it only on sites like MT that you know you can trust.
If your talking about allowing globally in NoScript or Ublock, you may notice it says "not recommended"
that's why, be very stingy with the allow globally option or you may come to regret it.
PeAcE

 

[Overkill]

Woah, hey Overkill, allow it by site, dont allow globally, this is a popular js to exploit for the plugin feature.
I would recommend allowing it only on sites like MT that you know you can trust.
If your talking about allowing globally in NoScript or Ublock, you may notice it says "not recommended"
that's why, be very stingy with the allow globally option or you may come to regret it.
PeAcE

It's uBlock Origin, and I don't see any "not recommended" notices...thanks for that suggestion

 

[Svoll]

I would recommend allowing it only on sites like MT that you know you can trust.
If your talking about allowing globally in NoScript or Ublock, you may notice it says "not recommended"
that's why, be very stingy with the allow globally option or you may come to regret it.
PeAcE

Sorry for the silly question, how would i only allow it for MT? Had it allowed globally and not sure what to do to change it only for MT.

Edit: figured it out, updated noscripts, i kept looking at the ublocks options instead of noscripts.