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Which exact headers are being leaked by GitHub? Depending on what they leak, this could be something only useful for counting hits (if all they leak is the impl
by steventhedev 6y ago
Which exact headers are being leaked by GitHub? Depending on what they leak, this could be something only useful for counting hits (if all they leak is the implicit time of the request), or for fully tracking users (if they leak Etags, original IPs, etc).
It's too bad the author removed the badge from their Github profile. It would be interesting to see the effect of this post on profile views.
- rushter 6y agoGithub does not send any extra information. "GET /counter.svg HTTP/1.1" 200 565 "-" "github-camo (62249a1c)" I've reverted the badge.
- zemnmez 6y agoGithub proxies all image requests, like GMail as a security measure. The cache busting technique the author refers to only ensures the security proxy doesn’t cache the image data, which would prevent the counter going up