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Things I learned today. Apparently, opening a link in a new tab doesn't set the referring host domain. [discovered by, opening story in a new tab and wondering

by czbond 4y ago

Things I learned today. Apparently, opening a link in a new tab doesn't set the referring host domain. [discovered by, opening story in a new tab and wondering what the author meant]

Gigachad 4y ago
I imagine in the next few years the referer header will just be blanked out always when crossing to a new domain. I believe the path was removed already.
- cyral 4y ago
  For now website owners can also remove it the referrer header if they would like to with Referrer-Policy: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Referrer-Policy https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Re...
gnicholas 4y ago
When I command-clicked the link it opened in a new tab and redirected. I'm using Brave on a Mac, FWIW.