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Online Publisher Blocks LinuxToday Referrals

Posted by timothy on from the right-to-free-linkage dept.

MadChicken writes "This weekend, LinuxToday found that their link to an article was blocked by CMP Media LLC (publishers of Information Week). The editorial with full details is here. Could this have impact on other online news sites?"

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  1. Mozilla to the rescue by bstadil · · Score: 1, Redundant
    Regardless of how assinine this is just disable the Referer in Mozilla and the problem is solved.

    Type about:config in as url and filter using the word Refere. Once you see the Referer entry change the 2 to a 0.

    Problem solved. It is problably a good idea to have this set to 0 i.e. no info given to site as a general privacy precaution. Why would you want to tell anyone that you just came from BigJugs.com?

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