Don't slack-redir links

Name: Don't slack-redir links
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: Rob W

By: Rob W

An efficient way to prevent Slack from replacing links with slack-redir.net, while still protecting privacy (against referrer leakage).

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Features & Capabilities

Prevents Slack from replacing external links with "slack-redir.net", and prevent referrer leakage, so that your Slack URL does not end up in the access logs of the linked website.

This extension aims to do that in the most efficient way possible. There are other extensions with similar functionality, but they either work by responding to changes in the whole document (using MutationObserver, which is costly) or by fixing up links upon click (which may fail if the extension runs too early).

None of the extension that I reviewed had precautions against referrer leakage. Since Slack hides the referrer by default, this shouldn't be a problem. But an admin can change this ( https://slack.com/intl/en-gb/help/articles/204399413 ), which results in unwanted referrer leakage.

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Add-on

By:

Rob W

Daily users:

Rating:

5.00

(1)

Version:

1 Last updated: 2019-10-30

Version code:

4891336

Creation date:

2019-10-30

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Content scripts matches:

*.slack.com

Size:

10.33KB

URLs:

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Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-07-11

Compare stats and ranking:

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# 39,245 ▼ 46

Other rankings

#248 in links keyword 32 ▲

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Developed by:

Rob W

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/dont-slack-redir/

Website:

https://github.com/Rob--W/dont-slack-redir

Is Don't slack-redir links Safe?

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Don't slack-redir links requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

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Don't slack-redir links has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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