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Please don't link to jwz.org from here, it redirects to a NSFW image when the referrer is HN.

• pdkl95 11y ago
  This is yet another reason the referrer header shouldn't exist. (To anyone complaining that they need referrers: Use cases that require the referrer can find another solution. As the jwz.org redirect indicates, referrers leak important information. Do you really want to argue that your use case is so important that it justifies a data leak?)
  • ashitlerferad 11y ago
    Yet another reason to install Firefox extensions I guess. http://www.stardrifter.org/refcontrol/ http://www.stardrifter.org/refcontrol/
• Symbiote 11y ago
  Perhaps a link like this is appropriate in this case: http://nullrefer.com/?https://www.jwz.org/blog/2016/04/i-would-like-debian-to-stop-shipping-xscreensaver/ http://nullrefer.com/?https://www.jwz.org/blog/2016/04/i-wou...
  • tlrobinson 11y ago
    Nice, good to know about that. It would be pretty amusing if HN put in a special case to use this for links to jwz.org. BTW if you use https, i.e. https://nullrefer.com/?http://www.xhaus.com/headers https://nullrefer.com/?http://www.xhaus.com/headers there won't be any Referer at all, while http://nullrefer.com/?http://www.xhaus.com/headers http://nullrefer.com/?http://www.xhaus.com/headers will show nullrefer.com as the referrer.
    • DanBC 11y ago
      Open in incognito window works.