What is Skip Redirect?
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Skip Redirect
Some web pages use intermediary pages before redirecting to a final page. This webextension tries to extract the final url from the intermediary url and goes there straight away if successful. As an example, try this url:
Please give feedback(see below) if you find websites where this fails or where you get redirected in a weird way when this add-on is enabled but not when it's disabled.
See the add-on's preferences (also available by clicking the toolbar icon) for options.
By default all URLs but the ones matching a no-skip-urls-list are checked for embedded URLs and redirects are skipped. Depending on the pages visited, this can cause problems. For example a dysfunctional login. The no-skip-urls-list can be edited to avoid these problems. There is also a skip-urls-list mode to avoid this kind of problem altogether. In skip-urls-list mode, all URLs for which redirects should be skipped need to be added to the skip-urls-list manually.
Some websites use multiple url parameters like this:
<a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/341f76f7cf6f9af0965a0db2c7512fe09e996e54ee6f29a7211e8e4b80c97e36/http%3A//www.example.com/page-we-want-to-skip%3Ffirst=www.want-to-go-here.com&second=www.do-not-care-about-this-url.com" rel="nofollow">www.example.com/page-we-want-to-skip?first=www.want-to-go-here.com&second=www.do-not-care-about-this-url.com</a>
User reviews
- Works well for privacy by preventing fingerprinting via redirect URLs.
- Seamless in bypassing link filter pages, such as those used by Steam.
- Effective in resolving issues related to unwanted redirects, especially with Google ads.
- Login errors on certain authentication-required sites, such as Amazon.
- Lacks an Android version despite demand.
- Inconsistent performance on certain sites, leading to frustrations.
- Login issues with authentication-required sites.
- Performance problems on some sites.
- Overall usefulness for enhancing browsing privacy.
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Skip Redirect requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk likelihood
Skip Redirect has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.