Comments on: Privacy Tip #3: Block Referer Headers in Firefox

By: n

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 05:37:23 +0000

ME: >>”You can see this by right click in browser page, “View Page Info”. ”
I should have said that you check “Referring URL” in “Page Info” of the “new tab” tab.

By: n

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 05:34:34 +0000

>>should be configurable such that referrer could be disabled for cross-domain conditions, but allowed for same-domain. Presumably this would not break wordpress and the like
Proxomitron does that, but larger sites use different domains for images, css, javascript files. To fix that, you can manually set a fake referer = web page domain for the image domain. I set a fake referer = yahoo domain for yimg. I also set a fake referer for s__999__n_o_999__p_e_s and for ex__999__p_e_rts-e_xc__ha_999_n_ge (ignore underscores and 999)
If you rarely visit the site, then temporarily disable Proxomitron referer filter.

>>Does anybody know whether Firefox sends the referrer when you open a link in a new tab by right-clicking and selecting “open in new tab”?
As I recall, open in new tab does send referrer url. You can see this by right click in browser page, “View Page Info”. The 6th line down is “Referring URL”. Even if using Proxomitron, “Page Info” will indicate that Firefox sends referrer, but Proxomitron intercepts the referrer after it leaves your browser.
BTW, I’ve never noticed wordpress block wordpress images. I searched through my files, and see I haven’t done anything special for wordpress referers.

>>>RefControl extension
And extensions for limited purposes are easier to use. I’ve never used this or extensions for similar purposes because I’ve already been using Proxomitron (developed for Win98, Win2000, but runs on Win95 through Vista. Should run in Win7. Also runs in WINE. Try Winebottler for OS X. A search of the web doesn’t find anyone reporting about Proxomitron in Win8.)

Turn off DOM Storage (“ever cookies”)

By: ddd

ddd — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 20:59:25 +0000

and everybody does it, hes just trying to get you rinfo

By: ddd

ddd — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 20:58:16 +0000

he does say it for everyone thats why hes on the intenret, he s a liar

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By: Jeff A

Jeff A — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 16:18:50 +0000

Since this was the first result in my search for dealing with referers in Firefox, I though I'd add a link to the RefControl extension, which allows one to control which sites get referer headers and which don't. This was quite useful for me when a site I was using wouldn't work without referers. I was able to block them for all other sites, while allowing them just for that one.

By: Asha

Asha — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 15:26:52 +0000

Ideally firefox should be configurable such that referrer could be disabled for cross-domain conditions, but allowed for same-domain. Presumably this would not break wordpress and the like, while at the same time offering more privacy than the default situation.

By: Wilted buttercup, grey skies, and geek» Blog Archive » Disabling Referer Headers in Firefox

Mon, 22 Nov 2010 10:07:51 +0000

[...] followed instructions on the following blog post http://cafe.elharo.com/privacy/privacy-tip-3-block-referer-headers-in-firefox/ to configure my Firefox instance to not send the “referer [...]

By: Proxomitron rules

Proxomitron rules — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 04:28:20 +0000

so de-referrer knows where you've been... btw, wordpress's referrer lockout seems to be for wp admin only, not wp visitors. and, presumably you could fake referrer for that.

By: skippy

skippy — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 05:56:39 +0000

Thanks for that I was wondering how to turn that off in firefox. Sites don’t need to see what page I just came from.