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You can avoid that by setting a referrer header override for jwz’s site in your Firefox settings, so his site never sees the HN referrer. Luckily it seems like
by kuschku 9y ago
You can avoid that by setting a referrer header override for jwz’s site in your Firefox settings, so his site never sees the HN referrer.
Luckily it seems like browsers are starting to retire that header soon anyway, so his annoying trick will break.
- james-skemp 9y agoI don't believe they're retiring that header totally, just returning only the domain, and not the full path. Correct?
- shakna 9y agoIt's only in "Private Browsing Mode", not for the everyday part of Firefox, firstly. Secondly, you're absolutely correct, they're just stripping path information, not the domain.