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On the user end, this can be controlled to a fine degree with the RefControl extension https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/refcontrol/ https://addon

On the user end, this can be controlled to a fine degree with the RefControl extension https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/refcontrol/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/refcontrol/

tombrossman 12y ago
No need for an extension, in about:config you can toggle network.http.SendRefererHeader from the default value of '2' to '0', which will disable all referer headers.
- huhtenberg 12y ago
  This breaks virtually all paid webfont services, messing up referring websites and frequently making them completely unusable.
  - tombrossman 12y ago
    Good point, but those paid webfont services were already blocked by my NoScript extension, so I see no changes from my end. As far as sites which require a referrer header, it has been my experience that these are very few and far between. I get one occasionally and if the content is worthy, I'll briefly disable then re-enable my setting. Not for everyone, I know, but it works well for me.
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- hackuser 12y ago
  > No need for an extension, in about:config you can toggle network.http.SendRefererHeader from the default value of '2' to '0', which will disable all referer headers. Some websites require the referrer to work; RefControl allows you whitelist exceptions, and also configure a few different options.
mcovey 12y ago
I'm also a RefControl user, I've blacklisted only about 15 sites. I'm surprised how little the Referer header matters these days. Of course it should never matter at all, it's so easy to spoof.
bmn_ 12y ago
HeaderControlRevived has all of RefControl's features, but is able to manipulate more headers, plugging more potential privacy leaks. https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/headercontrolrevived https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/headercontrolrevive...

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On the user end, this can be controlled to a fine degree with the RefControl extension https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/refcontrol/ https://addon

by forgotmypw 12y ago

tombrossman 12y ago
No need for an extension, in about:config you can toggle network.http.SendRefererHeader from the default value of '2' to '0', which will disable all referer headers.
- huhtenberg 12y ago
  This breaks virtually all paid webfont services, messing up referring websites and frequently making them completely unusable.
  - tombrossman 12y ago
    Good point, but those paid webfont services were already blocked by my NoScript extension, so I see no changes from my end. As far as sites which require a referrer header, it has been my experience that these are very few and far between. I get one occasionally and if the content is worthy, I'll briefly disable then re-enable my setting. Not for everyone, I know, but it works well for me.
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- hackuser 12y ago
  > No need for an extension, in about:config you can toggle network.http.SendRefererHeader from the default value of '2' to '0', which will disable all referer headers. Some websites require the referrer to work; RefControl allows you whitelist exceptions, and also configure a few different options.
mcovey 12y ago
I'm also a RefControl user, I've blacklisted only about 15 sites. I'm surprised how little the Referer header matters these days. Of course it should never matter at all, it's so easy to spoof.
bmn_ 12y ago
HeaderControlRevived has all of RefControl's features, but is able to manipulate more headers, plugging more potential privacy leaks. https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/headercontrolrevived https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/headercontrolrevive...