Detection Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 What am I missing? This option has been in normal FF options for as long as I can remember Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cetla Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 So what, mozilla don't owe them a damn thing. you don't know about the $400M+ deal Google has with Mozilla? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_K Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 you don't know about the $400M+ deal Google has with Mozilla? The deal they have to use a custom google search in which mozilla gets paid for each time it's used.... What's so bad about that precisely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cetla Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 The deal they have to use a custom google search in which mozilla gets paid for each time it's used.... What's so bad about that precisely? Well, since Mozilla depends on Google to live on...they will have to make an exception the next time the deal is up for review. But hey, there's always Microsoft to make a better deal to have Bing as default ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sub_Zero_Alchemist Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 you don't know about the $400M+ deal Google has with Mozilla? What does that have to do with Mozilla blocking third party cookies, that's not going have any affect the deal mozilla has with Google. Google just pays Mozilla to be default search engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torolol Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 doubleclick there also undisclosed deal between doubleclick & Microsoft, which manifested in 'doubleclick' line removal from host file, if you're using default configuration of Windows 8's Windows Defender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cetla Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 there also undisclosed deal between doubleclick & Microsoft, which manifested in 'doubleclick' line removal from host file, if you're using default configuration of Windows 8's Windows Defender. really? source please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torolol Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 the doubleclick line removal are well known http://hexus.net/tech/news/software/43937-windows-8-hosts-block-doubleclick-ads-facebook/ though, why Microsoft do that specificialy for doubleclick? as doubleclick provides no actual benefits for windows end-users, i can only guess ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted February 24, 2013 Veteran Share Posted February 24, 2013 What am I missing? This option has been in normal FF options for as long as I can remember Because it's a new setting (It allows 3rd party cookies if the 3rd party is known) and it's now the default setting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiagosilva29 Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 I also have an extension for spoofing/blocking the HTTP "referer" header, since that's very rarely used properly (It's mostly used for tracking purposes and restricting access to links from certain domains and such)network.http.sendRefererHeader Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted February 24, 2013 Veteran Share Posted February 24, 2013 The extension most likely makes use of that to some extent, but the main benefit is the ability to spoof it (My current setup is to block the referer only if it's a 3rd party request, and send a fake referer to some sites that depend on it to work) Edit: "The extension", not sure why I'm acting like it's a secret or something. It's called RefControl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_K Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 I also have an extension for spoofing/blocking the HTTP "referer" header, since that's very rarely used properly (It's mostly used for tracking purposes and restricting access to links from certain domains and such) Just noticed this, whilst it is rarely used, you will break functionality on some higher-security websites that check the referrer to see if you've submitted something from that site or if someones used a redirect to send you there (such as making a payment, etc.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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