GNU bug report logs - #27012
26.0.50; eww does not generate Referer headers

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Message #8 received at 27012 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 27012 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#27012: 26.0.50; eww does not generate Referer headers
Date: Mon, 22 May 2017 08:18:36 -0400

[[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider    ]]]
[[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies,     ]]]
[[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]]

  > eww should always generate Referer headers when following links or
  > posting forms.

For users' privacy, we should not give real values for the referrer field,
except in special cases.

-- 
Dr Richard Stallman
President, Free Software Foundation (gnu.org, fsf.org)
Internet Hall-of-Famer (internethalloffame.org)
Skype: No way! See stallman.org/skype.html.

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