> But why don't thet kill the referer header entirely? Compatibility, probably. There are some sites which fail to load or end up in redirect loops if the Refe

> But why don't thet kill the referer header entirely? Compatibility, probably. There are some sites which fail to load or end up in redirect loops if the Referer header is missing. It's not just minor sites, either. The last time I tried blocking Referer headers—just the third-party ones—it broke Google Hangouts (both the Chrome extension and the web version). That was earlier this year.