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Should I Disable WebSocket Connection on My Web Browser?
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this post was submitted on 22 Jun 2025
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You say that you want to do this for "privacy" and "security" reasons. Those two are not the same. What is the exact use-case which you want to prevent?
Disabling WebSockets will cause some Websites not to work properly anymore. Especially such which rely on live updates without reloading the site (most common use-case for WebSockets).
Sorry about the confusion I am referring to "privacy"
I have disabled WebSockets for past 2 years without knowing it and in my memory only 3 sites wouldn't work and I'm not sure it's because I disabled websocket.
I am really confused why websites for instance outlook still function while websocket is disabled
They probably have a fall back to long polling or similar.
What privacy concerns do you want to address by disabling ws? It's just another protocol that is more efficient for certain use cases. The information that can be sent via ws or normal http requests is the same, so from a privacy standpoint it doesn't really make a difference.
thanks a lot!