search

gorhill / httpswitchboard

Point & click to forbid/allow any class of requests made by your browser. Use it to block scripts, iframes, ads, facebook, etc.
GNU General Public License v3.0
1.33k stars 83 forks source link

Possible to block X-UIDH? #425

Open gavin20 opened 9 years ago

gavin20 commented 9 years ago

So far the solutions I found from blogs is either use VPN or proxy. No other means to block? Github user lightswitch05 attempted an extension, however carrier overwrites the X-UIDH if it is already set.

gorhill commented 9 years ago

So far the solutions I found from blogs is either use VPN or proxy

Or just HTTPS wherever possible.

lightswitch05 attempted an extension, however carrier overwrites the X-UIDH if it is already set

Interesting idea, but even if it worked, it would be just a matter of time before Verizon notice and take measures (overwriting). The same way I soon expect them or whatever other evil ISP to not insert their tracker id when a user fetches http://lessonslearned.org/sniff.

So there is not much which can be done by HTTP Switchboard, the HTTP header is inserted by the ISP long after the net request left the browser. In uMatrix I plan to have a user-activated switch to discard any http requests, that's the best I can think where an extension can help.