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Firefox automatically redirects despite enabling 'accessibility.blockautorefresh'

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Viraj Bijpuria
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Steps to reproduce- (1) Enable 'accessibility.blockautorefresh' in 'about:config' (This is said to ask for permission before redirecting) (2) Go here (3) End up here without permission

Extensions I'm using- Privacy Badger, uBlock origin, clearURLs and Show/hide passwords

Another question, does enabling this setting also stop internal redirection?

Steps to reproduce- (1) Enable 'accessibility.blockautorefresh' in 'about:config' (This is said to ask for permission before redirecting) (2) Go [https://medium.com/@imjosef/my-no-nonsense-strategy-to-avoid-scammers-as-a-programmer-22eb0a78fa51?source=email-6525aaa43839-1737407491833-digest.reader-4b3a1ed4f11c-22eb0a78fa51----9-98------------------1e784e07_77a2_4379_9d65_74bd7c423460-1 here] (3) End up [https://javascript.plainenglish.io/my-no-nonsense-strategy-to-avoid-scammers-as-a-programmer-22eb0a78fa51 here] without permission Extensions I'm using- Privacy Badger, uBlock origin, clearURLs and Show/hide passwords Another question, does enabling this setting also stop internal redirection?

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TyDraniu
TyDraniu
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Viraj Bijpuria said
Another question, does enabling this setting also stop internal redirection?

Of course not.

This preference "accessibility.blockautorefresh" blocks only refresh of a page triggered by the meta tag. It's not the same as redirect. Redirect moves you from one address to another, while refresh makes you stay on the same address.

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Viraj Bijpuria
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TyDraniu said

Viraj Bijpuria said
Another question, does enabling this setting also stop internal redirection?

Of course not.

This preference "accessibility.blockautorefresh" blocks only refresh of a page triggered by the meta tag. It's not the same as redirect. Redirect moves you from one address to another, while refresh makes you stay on the same address.

Is there any setting I can do to stop all refreshes and redirection? I'm fine with extensions too