Re:How to build an NPM worm
by pferde on Friday July 13, 2018 @02:42AM
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Wait, you guys do not block the referer your browser sends (or rather does not send)? Why would you give up information about yourself just like that?
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Thanks for bringing this to my intention, it never occured to me to replace/remove the headers. RefControl is not working in the latest FF, but there is a new variant called referer-modifier: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/referer-modif...
Good to know, I'm running 45.9 ESR release, where it still works.
It's not easy to find a mobile browser that both:
- does not suck somehow, making me irritated
- and has good privacy options
So I got the message too.
On the other hand, I know we are on HN, but I know hundreds of technical people, but only few of them installs privacy extensions, just the adblock. People don't care I think. I care to the extreme and I have installed uMatrix on desktop. No sane person would do that.
Btw as "soon to have" startup business I need people to inform me where they came from.
what is an effective way to block it?
I use a Firefox addon called RefControl. You can set it to handle referer differently on different sites. It can block sending referer completely, or send a custom referer string.