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Finally found the how to access site Permission tab but all ability to change site redirect is grayed out. How can I give my bank permission to redirect?

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Every time I log into online banking Allow request appears when bank attempts to redirect from Home Page to Accounts. How can I give bank permission to redirect and not have to Allow every time. Very annoying!

Every time I log into online banking Allow request appears when bank attempts to redirect from Home Page to Accounts. How can I give bank permission to redirect and not have to Allow every time. Very annoying!

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The redirect is all or nothing with no options to whitelist or blacklist specific domains. There is usually not need to block a redirect (Moved Permanently response header) as it can happen a lot of time and in some cases there are multiple redirects that require a lot of clicking. It only works for a few cases any way (not via a meta tag and not via location.href). So you can disable this accessibility feature.

  • Firefox > Options/Preferences > Advanced > General : Accessibility : [ ] "Warn me when web sites try to redirect or reload the page"
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I'm not sure Firefox views that as a site permission...

The feature of pausing redirects was designed for accessibility purposes, to prevent confusing screen readers, instead of a security feature. (In fact, it is not very effective for security purposes because scripts can bypass it.) This article has more background: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Accessibility.blockautorefresh

Have you found this feature to be more useful than annoying, or do you have it turned on purely as a precaution?

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checked the provided link and the technical language was useless as it is beyond my ken. I find the feature very annoying when online banking and not sure it helps anywhere else. Am I putting myself in danger if I disable it and if not, how do I disable it? The disable link I looked at came with a warning that I would be voiding my warranty.exyankee92 said

Every time I log into online banking Allow request appears when bank attempts to redirect from Home Page to Accounts. How can I give bank permission to redirect and not have to Allow every time. Very annoying!
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The redirect is all or nothing with no options to whitelist or blacklist specific domains. There is usually not need to block a redirect (Moved Permanently response header) as it can happen a lot of time and in some cases there are multiple redirects that require a lot of clicking. It only works for a few cases any way (not via a meta tag and not via location.href). So you can disable this accessibility feature.

  • Firefox > Options/Preferences > Advanced > General : Accessibility : [ ] "Warn me when web sites try to redirect or reload the page"