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bug#27012: 26.0.50; eww does not generate Referer headers
From: |
Richard Stallman |
Subject: |
bug#27012: 26.0.50; eww does not generate Referer headers |
Date: |
Mon, 22 May 2017 20:54:12 -0400 |
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> > For users' privacy, we should not give real values for the referrer field,
> > except in special cases.
> What are those special cases?
I know of one: when page FOO uses Cloudflare, the Cloudflare CAPTCHA
page insists on getting FOO as a referrer.
I suppose there are others, but I only know of that one.
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Dr Richard Stallman
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