How to secure previous Firefox tabs from being pirated
Find out how to protect Firefox tabs from mischief with the Don’t Touch My Tabs add-on.
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There’s never ever a scarcity of security concerns with web internet browsers. Ever. It appears the 2nd a web internet browser is launched some brand-new technique of destructive hijack-ery is found. In many cases, those concerns have actually been around for rather a long time and have yet to be fixed.
Case in point, there’s been an enduring concern that works like this:
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You click a link in a page.
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That link opens a brand-new page in a brand-new tab.
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The freshly opened page can now manage what page is filled in the tab utilized to open the brand-new page.
In other words, X opens Y and after that Y can manage X. Not just can this be utilized for destructive intent, such as the loading of a phony login page, it’s constantly one manner in which marketers have the ability to more attack your personal privacy.
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The repair for this concern is expected to fall under the laps of web designers/developers. By including rel= noopener to a link it makes sure the security of the link. Without that characteristic, all is reasonable in love and war.
Problem is, you aren’t in control of other sites. What do you do? If you occur to utilize Firefox, you can set up the Don’t Touch My Tabs add-on that does the following:
- Locates any link indicating any page not hosted on the very same domain as the seen page.
- Checks if found link consists of the target=” _ blank” characteristic.
- If the found link has no rel= characteristic, it includes rel= noopener.
- If the found link consists of a rel= characteristic, however is missing out on the noopener worth, it is included.
It’s a quite simple repair for an issue with an intricate option.
How to set up the Don’t Touch My Tabs add-on in Firefox
Point Firefox to the Don’t Touch My Tabs add-on. In the resulting page, click Add To Firefox ( Figure A).
Figure A
Adding Don’t Touch My Tabs to Firefox.
When triggered, click Add. The next popup ( Figure B) enables you to allow the extension for Private Windows. I extremely suggest allowing the add-on such that it will work in Private mode if you utilize Firefox in this mode.
Figure B
Enabling the addon for Private mode.
Dismiss the setup results by clicking Okay, Got It.
How to check the add-on
A simple and fast method to check this add-on is to head over to this rel= noopener page, developed by Mathias Bynens, and click any of the test links. A brand-new tab needs to open to state:
The previous tab is undamaged and safe. window.opener was null; mischief not handled!
You’re safe.
If you disable the add-on and click among the links, it will rather state:
Why do not you return to the previous tab?
You’re not safe.
And that’s it. Take pleasure in the security of constantly opening brand-new tabs with rel= noopener in Firefox.
