Re:Brave browser can inject headers in HTTP requests
by ndnxhs on Sunday February 10, 2019 @05:57PM
(#19130667)
Twitter on Firefox android keeps giving me an error saying I have been rate limited and other Firefox users have reported the same. With how horrible twitter is I assume this is a problem on their side.
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Re:Brave browser can inject headers in HTTP requests
by Jonnax on Sunday February 10, 2019 @06:12PM
(#19130746)
That's actually Twitter's intentional behaviour to force users to log in.
Somehow you're no longer rate limited after signing in
Re:Brave browser can inject headers in HTTP requests
by snazz on Sunday February 10, 2019 @06:00PM
(#19130684)
The “rate limited” error occurs for me on MobileSafari on iOS, so it’s not Firefox related. Reloading the page works fine. It seems to have to do with which referrer took you to Twitter.
Re:Brave browser can inject headers in HTTP requests
by Ayesh on Sunday February 10, 2019 @06:20PM
(#19130788)
Firefox blocks third party trackers by default. In some rate limiting implementation, this often signals a bot that don't often retain tracker cookies.
Re:Brave browser can inject headers in HTTP requests
by snazz on Sunday February 10, 2019 @06:46PM
(#19130910)
Oh, so it could be my DNS-based adblocking setup or the “Prevent Cross-site Tracking” option in Safari settings. That makes sense.
Re:Brave browser can inject headers in HTTP requests
by edoceo on Sunday February 10, 2019 @06:13PM
(#19130756)
I get this error in chrome/Android and rarely visit twitter.
Re:Brave browser can inject headers in HTTP requests
by kop316 on Monday February 11, 2019 @11:24AM
(#19135581)
Does that happen on chrome? I wonder what would happen if you swap out the user agent and have that issue.
Edit: It's working now just fine, even if I am not signed in. Like they suggest below, it seems like that is Twitter being actively malicious to web users, and not Firefox.