Redirector – Browser extension to redirect to privacy respecting front-ends

Re:Redirector – Browser extension to redirect to privacy res... by avadiax on Thursday December 23, 2021 @05:57PM (#29667485)

I used to use Redirector ... until my need changes and needed fine-grain control over what to redirect. And then I saw Request Control.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/requestcontro...

Why I replaced Redirector with Request Control is because of its much more powerful features such as match by different document types (script, image, media, etc), its in-built variable (such as {protocol}, {hostname}, {pathname}) and origin type (same origin, same domain, third party domain, etc).

However, if your need is simple, my advice is to use Redirector instead because it is really easy to understand and use. For power users, check out Request Control.

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Re:Redirector – Browser extension to redirect to privacy res... by paulryanrogers on Thursday December 23, 2021 @07:39PM (#29668458)

If it still uses onBeforeRequest won't that stop working with Manifest V3? At least on Chrome?

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Re:Redirector – Browser extension to redirect to privacy res... by mkdirp on Thursday December 23, 2021 @08:10PM (#29668762)

So stop using chrome... Why use a browser that is literally killing functionality to help there business model instead of favouring privacy?

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Re:Redirector – Browser extension to redirect to privacy res... by paulryanrogers on Friday December 24, 2021 @04:26PM (#29677880)

Sadly that's not practical for some sites and services.

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Re:Redirector – Browser extension to redirect to privacy res... by mkdirp on Saturday December 25, 2021 @07:55AM (#29682907)

I'd love to know what website or service you're referring to. I've been using Firefox since shortly after they released Quantum, and the only issues I've had have been related to things blocked via addons. If I disable all those addons, everything just works. So I'm using two profiles, one that has only got uBlock Origin, and my main one that has many different privacy addons and privacy configurations changed. On the rare occasion a website doesn't work on my main profile, I try it with my secondary profile and it works perfect.

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Re:Redirector – Browser extension to redirect to privacy res... by avadiax on Friday December 24, 2021 @08:18PM (#29679401)

My use cases are straightforward ... either redirect or filter the URLs. Not met a site where v3 manifest creates any issues.

Also, I don't use Chrome. :P

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