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Am I alone in fearing that lust for shrinking down the browser will get us in more troubles like this (or just make plain old-school phishing more effective)?

Some weeks ago I read on Forbes' technology blog that

Access Now, a non-profit that’s focused on digital civil liberties in the Middle East, has published a concise guide to staying safe online, aimed at “citizens in the Middle East, North Africa, and beyond.”
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Aside from the usual advice about running antivirus, using strong passwords, and staying wary of USB drives, it delves into a few less obvious practices:

• Run the NoScript plug-in for Firefox, which can block scripts on Web pages that you don’t authorize.

I don't know if this puts me in any middle-eastern dictator's blacklist, but it seems "internet security guides" with various political spins are flourishing, and they obviously share most of their endorsements, no matter the ideology.

USA's National Security Agency (NSA) is doing its part as well, as I found out yesterday: look at page 7 (“Enhanced Protection Recommendations”) of this Best Practices for Keeping Your Home Network Secure PDF...

Amazing coincidence, just a few hours earlier my own NSA project had exited "stealth mode" to official become NoScript 3.0a1 for Firefox Mobile.
Adventurous Android Alpha (AAA) testers are welcome :)