tumpio / requestcontrol

A Firefox extension
https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/requestcontrol
Mozilla Public License 2.0
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[Feature request] Default rule set after installation #151

Open mdziczkowski opened 3 years ago

mdziczkowski commented 3 years ago

Please modify the default rules with are shown in the fresh installed plugin that they block most of the "risky behaviours" instead of filter them.

For example:

This way it would realy prevent it from working (filtering does not fulfill it's role)

Additionally, I propose to change the "Block ping and beacon" into "Block threads" and set values to:

And so on

rusty-snake commented 3 years ago

Pattern: All URLs Types: […] WebSocket […] Action: Block

WebSockets are used by a lot of sites. Blocking them by default means there will be a lot of "This add-ons break the internet" issues => a lot (new) users will test this add-on and uninstall it.

mdziczkowski commented 3 years ago

WebSockets are used by a lot of sites. Blocking them by default means there will be a lot of "This add-ons break the internet" issues => a lot (new) users will test this add-on and uninstall it.

I had used above only as examples to demonstrate my idea and make it easier to understand ;-)