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The TLDR is that loading a resource from another service means providing your user’s IP to that service. The solution is to host things yourself. The obvious p
by olliej 5y ago
The TLDR is that loading a resource from another service means providing your user’s IP to that service. The solution is to host things yourself.
The obvious problem here is that it means things like using cloudflare or any of the big script caches would also be a violation.
I can’t recall the structure of the requests but if there was no referrer information I think this is an excessive interpretation.
- rasz 5y agoOf course there is Referer header send with every request, thats the whole point of Google providing this "for free out of the goodness of our heart". Same reason they offer "free" DNS servers and why Chrome will call their DNS server even if you explicitly did NOT want them used.