RefControl Alternatives
RefControl is described as 'extension for Firefox that lets you control what gets sent as the HTTP Referer on a per-site basis' and is an app in the Web Browsers category. There are four alternatives to RefControl for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, Firefox and Android. The best alternative is Referer Control, which is free. Other great apps like RefControl are Smart Referer (Free, Open Source), Auto referer (Free, Open Source) and Mason (Free).
- Referer Control grants full control over the HTTP Referer. You can forge any referrer you want, both globally or on a per-site basis. Alternatively you can choose to disable the Referer completely. Also works on the JavaScript document.referrer!
- Free • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Chrome OS
- Android Tablet
- BSD
- iPad
- Google Chrome
- Send referers only when staying on the same domain. You can whitelist domains with wildcards and configure other things, look in the preferences page of the addon in the addon manager.
- Firefox addon. Control referer to protect privacy and not break web. It has a HTTP header referer control policy 1. Any referer sent contain no more than 'protocol://domain-name:port/' 2.No screenshots yet
- This extension can simplify the rule to just specify the URI and Content type and can enable/disable each rule separately. What's more, it can customize the web pages by user scripts which is similar to Grease Monkey.
Discontinued
No longer updated. Last version, 0.3.7.9.18, released on January 31, 2013, was compatible with Firefox 18.