What does HackerNews think of libredirect?
A web extension that redirects popular sites to alternative frontends and backends
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JavaScript
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Chrome extension
#9
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Twitter
I browse without JS by default (using uMatrix), not to resist fingerprinting but because it is:
- More secure, especially if the website doesn't use TLS.
- Faster. Many websites work well enough even without JS or only some of it.
Disabling JS to resist fingerprinting may be counterproductive as only a minority of people disable it. My current approach is to use LibRedirect[1] et al to avoid using big websites such as YouTube directly.
In Firefox I also disable network.http.sendRefererHeader. It breaks some websites which rely on it for "security" though.
[1] https://github.com/libredirect/LibRedirect
EDIT: I just found out on the amiunique website that over 12% of browsers disable it. Does this include bots?
There is also LibRedirect[1] which automatically redirects to an alternative frontend.
I use LibRedirect: https://github.com/libredirect/LibRedirect
Privacy redirect or libRedirect
With LibRedirect[1] you automatically get redirected from twitter et al. to these instances.