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This is probably not the case, but is it possible that Quora is intentionally stripping the referer header? Duck Duck Go does just this in the interest of user
by sequoia 15y ago
This is probably not the case, but is it possible that Quora is intentionally stripping the referer header? Duck Duck Go does just this in the interest of user privacy: why should site X know where I came from and what I was searching? https://duckduckgo.com/privacy.html https://duckduckgo.com/privacy.html Seems unlikely in this case but possible.
Incidentally, it seems that encrypted.google.com does this but not regular google. EDIT: This happens for all https->http requests, it's not a google feature (TIL).
- aerotrain 15y agoencrypted.google.com does this because it uses https. If a website is accessed from https and a link points to anywhere except another secure location, then the referrer is not sent.
- jimktrains2 15y agoThe User-Agent generates the Referrer header, not the site. Also, encrypted.google.com doesn't do it, the HTTPS standard says that browsers shouldn't send referrer headers to sites not in the same domain or not with https.
- sequoia 15y agoYou are right, I'm writing carelessly. I meant strip loosely as "causes the header to not be sent" or not in full.