Google services (Drive, Docs, Sheets, etc.) do not load content
While opening any Google Drive folder, or by opening docs/sheets start page, none of the contents show up. In the bottom left corner there is an error: "The server has encountered an error. Please try again later." . No amount of "trying again later" works , but through trial and error (disabling modified settings in another profile) i found the culprit of this error message: in about:config setting called network.http.referer.spoofSource was set to true, setting it to false makes the issue i described above disappear.
While my issue is solved, I still don't understand why on every Firefox profile i create this setting is set to true, and whether changing it is a security concern
Modified by vdf
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pg_78 said
That's odd - it shouldn't be the default Firefox behavior. Are you using Firefox, and not a derivative (like Tor Browser) which applies special settings for anonymity? Have you installed any privacy / security-related extensions?
I am using standard Firefox, but yes, i recall using ffprofile.com for my settings. Guess something inside my generated profiles and preferences messed with that particular setting.
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Recommend using Chrome to load Google apps and software to have better compatibility and security for your access.
markwarner22 said
Recommend using Chrome to load Google apps and software to have better compatibility and security for your access.
None of the Google webapps mentioned (Drive, Docs and Sheets) are incompatible with Firefox. What the user is seeing here isn't normal behavior and shouldn't require a switch to Chrome.
vdf said
in about:config setting called network.http.referer.spoofSource was set to true, setting it to false makes the issue i described above disappear. While my issue is solved, I still don't understand why on every Firefox profile i create this setting is set to true, and whether changing it is a security concern
That's odd - it shouldn't be the default Firefox behavior.
Are you using Firefox, and not a derivative (like Tor Browser) which applies special settings for anonymity?
Have you installed any privacy / security-related extensions?
Modified by pg_78
الحل المُختار
pg_78 said
That's odd - it shouldn't be the default Firefox behavior. Are you using Firefox, and not a derivative (like Tor Browser) which applies special settings for anonymity? Have you installed any privacy / security-related extensions?
I am using standard Firefox, but yes, i recall using ffprofile.com for my settings. Guess something inside my generated profiles and preferences messed with that particular setting.