Re: Circumventing third-party request blocking in extensions

[Mark H Weaver]

Hi,

notrms via help-gnuzilla <help-gnuzilla@gnu.org> writes:

> Hi, and sorry if this is a question that could be solved with some 
> simple searching!
>
> I'm developing an extension that loads the otherwise JS-dependent media 
> files on certain websites, and run into issues with third-party request 
> blocking blocking third-party requests. Setting the "src" attribute of 
> the appropriate tags does nothing, and making an AJAX request from a 
> content script is just as successful. Interestingly enough, Tor Browser 
> does allow the requests (not that many people would install extensions 
> in it).
>
> Is there any way to load the resources, other than disabling blocking? I 
> can understand if there are some ethical issues, but if the user 
> installs the extension that would seem to be implied consent for it to 
> conduct its stated purpose and what that entails.

Unfortunately I do not know the answers to your questions, but it might
be worth asking the LibreJS developers, who have more expertise in this
area.

  https://www.gnu.org/software/librejs/

Thanks very much for your work on this.

     Regards,
       Mark