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I always find jwz's youtubedown works flawlessly for me. https://www.jwz.org/hacks/youtubedown https://www.jwz.org/hacks/youtubedown

by burnte 5y ago

js2 5y ago
Do not direct link to jwz.org from HN. Here's a click-safe link: https://dereferer.me/?https%3A//www.jwz.org/hacks/youtubedown https://dereferer.me/?https%3A//www.jwz.org/hacks/youtubedow...
- Aissen 5y ago
  Does not work either because apparently bit.ly's 301 preserves the Referer.
  - js2 5y ago
    Weird, I had tested it. I’ve updated to a de-referrer site instead.
    - Aissen 5y ago
      Might be a browser difference (firefox here). Thanks for the update, it works better.
- 77pt77 5y ago
  > Do not direct link to jwz.org from HN Why?
  - psyc 5y ago
    Because the admin detects HN referer explicitly and presents a joke page.
    - mnd999 5y ago
      Perhaps I’m in the minority, but I find this kind of subversion amusing. Like all good jokes, it’s pretty close to the mark.
      - psyc 5y ago
        I agree, so it’s a safe bet you are in the minority.
    - 77pt77 5y ago
      I've since noticed... Just copy the link to not send any referrer information.
- bscphil 5y ago
  It genuinely shocks me that there are still people who don't disable sending the referer header cross-origin in the browser: I have not encountered a single website that breaks when setting `network.http.referer.XOriginPolicy` to 1 in Firefox, and only 2 or 3 sites that break when setting it all the way to 2. It not only completely prevents stuff like this, it profoundly increases your privacy on the web by preventing sites from tracking which domain you came from. There is no good reason any site needs to know that. I am surprised that Mozilla hasn't simply made this the default setting for all users.
  - deleted 5y ago
    [deleted]
  - postingposts 5y ago
    I think people don’t know about it. I’m going to do this now that I do. Thank you!
  - brigandish 5y ago
    > I am surprised that Mozilla hasn't simply made this the default setting for all users. I was under the impression it was, I doubt I'm the only one, so thanks for drawing attention to it.
  - caslon 5y ago
    The Wayback Machine interface breaks.
    - bscphil 5y ago
      Do you have an example of this? What exactly breaks? I use Wayback all the time and have had no obvious problems.
      - caslon 5y ago
        Has been the case for a bunch of people with them turned off for a while now: https://old.reddit.com/r/WaybackMachine/comments/kzvzxl/fail_with_status_498_no_reason_phrase_error/ https://old.reddit.com/r/WaybackMachine/comments/kzvzxl/fail...
- burnte 5y ago
  oooohhhhhhh. The "egg". My bad.
Aissen 5y ago
How often do you update it ? Because it seems to have seen quite a few update from the beginning of 2022.
- burnte 5y ago
  Every time I go to use it I grab a fresh copy.

I always find jwz's youtubedown works flawlessly for me. https://www.jwz.org/hacks/youtubedown https://www.jwz.org/hacks/youtubedown

by burnte 5y ago

I always find jwz's youtubedown works flawlessly for me. https://www.jwz.org/hacks/youtubedown https://www.jwz.org/hacks/youtubedown

js2 5y ago

Do not direct link to jwz.org from HN. Here's a click-safe link: https://dereferer.me/?https%3A//www.jwz.org/hacks/youtubedown https://dereferer.me/?https%3A//www.jwz.org/hacks/youtubedow...

Aissen 5y ago
Does not work either because apparently bit.ly's 301 preserves the Referer.
- js2 5y ago
  Weird, I had tested it. I’ve updated to a de-referrer site instead.
  - Aissen 5y ago
    Might be a browser difference (firefox here). Thanks for the update, it works better.
77pt77 5y ago
> Do not direct link to jwz.org from HN Why?
- psyc 5y ago
  Because the admin detects HN referer explicitly and presents a joke page.
  - mnd999 5y ago
    Perhaps I’m in the minority, but I find this kind of subversion amusing. Like all good jokes, it’s pretty close to the mark.
    - psyc 5y ago
      I agree, so it’s a safe bet you are in the minority.
  - 77pt77 5y ago
    I've since noticed... Just copy the link to not send any referrer information.
bscphil 5y ago
It genuinely shocks me that there are still people who don't disable sending the referer header cross-origin in the browser: I have not encountered a single website that breaks when setting `network.http.referer.XOriginPolicy` to 1 in Firefox, and only 2 or 3 sites that break when setting it all the way to 2. It not only completely prevents stuff like this, it profoundly increases your privacy on the web by preventing sites from tracking which domain you came from. There is no good reason any site needs to know that. I am surprised that Mozilla hasn't simply made this the default setting for all users.
- deleted 5y ago
  [deleted]
- postingposts 5y ago
  I think people don’t know about it. I’m going to do this now that I do. Thank you!
- brigandish 5y ago
  > I am surprised that Mozilla hasn't simply made this the default setting for all users. I was under the impression it was, I doubt I'm the only one, so thanks for drawing attention to it.
- caslon 5y ago
  The Wayback Machine interface breaks.
  - bscphil 5y ago
    Do you have an example of this? What exactly breaks? I use Wayback all the time and have had no obvious problems.
    - caslon 5y ago
      Has been the case for a bunch of people with them turned off for a while now: https://old.reddit.com/r/WaybackMachine/comments/kzvzxl/fail_with_status_498_no_reason_phrase_error/ https://old.reddit.com/r/WaybackMachine/comments/kzvzxl/fail...
burnte 5y ago
oooohhhhhhh. The "egg". My bad.

Aissen 5y ago

How often do you update it ? Because it seems to have seen quite a few update from the beginning of 2022.

burnte 5y ago
Every time I go to use it I grab a fresh copy.