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Allow the user to turn off the linkfilter.

steamclosed Feature Requestreviewed
ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#3458 · opened 2014-08-28 by gyaru · updated 2018-10-05 · 1 comments · github
Ggyaru 2014-08-28 github

How about it? It seems a bit unnecessary for every link especially when you already know the dangers of clicking links.

Currently I'm using

window.location = String(window.location).substr(43);

As a userscript on https://steamcommunity.com/linkfilter/* in Firefox.

It might be silly to add the option to turn it off in the regular settings which could lead to users ticking it off without knowing what it does, so maybe a launch option or something else for the people that aren't exactly protected by this anyway?

It's a bit silly for double requests for every url you click on and it's pretty silly in privacy perspective.

Fflugsio 2014-09-16 github

There is a few chrome/fx extensions to bypass the filter. These might be/become dangerous as they get access to modify the redirect page without affecting the green lock/seal.

I inspected the current three chrome extensions, they seem clean and have 500 installs each. Not having an option pushes these people to install a possible dangerous extension that also just bypases the filter anyway. If an option is the solution it should be tiny more accessible than installing an extension.

I don't fully know what the filter is preventing, another option might be to not show it for big known sites to minimize annoyance. Implementing a whitelist that somhow gets updated might be more complex but safer than having it completely off.

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