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I believe that some of the weirder redirect methods are aimed at preventing the browser from forwarding “Referrer” headers to the destination site.

• the8472 8y ago
  That can be achieved with a much simpler <a rel="noreferrer" ...>
  • meowface 8y ago
    Not for IE 11 for Windows versions below 10, or IE versions below 11 for all OS versions. Source: https://caniuse.com/#feat=rel-noreferrer https://caniuse.com/#feat=rel-noreferrer
    • jwilk 8y ago
      This works with JS disabled: https://caniuse.com/rel-noreferrer https://caniuse.com/rel-noreferrer