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>>6a74+(OP)
I noticed the URL was updated for this post. Previously it linked to asahilinux.org which showed an anti-HN manifesto from the HN referral. Curious as I haven’t seen this before. Seems it has been covered by previous commenters: >>36227103

>>hentre+WV
How can the site even detect where a user is coming from? Browsers leaking this information seems like a huge privacy issue to me.

>>ginko+2X
Referer (misspelled in the spec) has been a part of HTTP from day 1.

>>robin_+fX
Feels crazy this isn’t disabled by default

>>ginko+0Y
There's a handy addon for Firefox called Privacy Settings that can take care of that. Explicitly adds and option to have the referers be not sent, and a quick way of re-enabling it, in case it breaks a website. Because of course that happens too.