Reviews for Referer Control
Referer Control by Keepa.com
Review by DontBeEvil666
Rated 1 out of 5
by DontBeEvil666, 7 years agoDO NOT INSTALL : SPYWARE EXTENSION
The extension connects to disqus and google analytics in the privileged environment of the extension settings page every single time this page is open. Those connections are impossible to block using webextensions (that level of security was only possible with pre-quantum legacy extensions which are now forbidden by Mozilla). No privacy policy covering this hidden data collection is warning the user. Therefore it shouldn't even be on AMO.
In addition, the extension does not even work properly ; all settings are reset after clearing history.
The extension connects to disqus and google analytics in the privileged environment of the extension settings page every single time this page is open. Those connections are impossible to block using webextensions (that level of security was only possible with pre-quantum legacy extensions which are now forbidden by Mozilla). No privacy policy covering this hidden data collection is warning the user. Therefore it shouldn't even be on AMO.
In addition, the extension does not even work properly ; all settings are reset after clearing history.
Developer response
posted 7 years agoYou call it spyware because there is a Disqus comments iframe in the options page? Well, anyhow, this "feature" was used on the options page to provide help and get feedback. With the upcoming version 1.30 this is removed and no more external content will be loaded. Sorry for any privacy issues this may have caused, it was most certainly not intentional.