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Unfortunately, public protocols like HTTP need to manage communication between parties that do not trust each other. This is not a legal matter, so there is no
by mustpax 17y ago
Unfortunately, public protocols like HTTP need to manage communication between parties that do not trust each other. This is not a legal matter, so there is no necessity to establish motives or plausibility. A secure protocol is charged with limiting the damage any malicious party using the protocol might do. This addition to the spec is contrary to that fact.
Allowing a site to scrub its outgoing connections assumes a certain level of trust, which on the web ought not exist by default.