Should I Disable WebSocket Connection on My Web Browser (in terms of privacy)?

Considering disabling WebSocket connections for security reasons. Any experience or thoughts? Have you disabled WebSockets? Any notable issues or performance changes?

  • happeningtofry99158@lemmy.worldOP
    2·
    9 hours ago

    Sorry about the confusion I am referring to “privacy”

    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).

    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

    • mundane@sh.itjust.works
      3·
      7 hours ago

      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.