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Re:Firefox 59 to strip path information from referrer values... by open-source-ux on Thursday February 01, 2018 @05:27PM (#16286542)
Disabling the referrer header completely can prevent you from signing into some sites unfortunately. Another option in Firefox is to use network.http.referer.spoofSource.

In the URL bar, type:

about:config

Search for the following setting:

network.http.referer.spoofSource

Double-click to set its value to true. This basically sends the destination or target URL as the referrer.

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Re:Firefox 59 to strip path information from referrer values... by x775 on Thursday February 01, 2018 @05:39PM (#16286631)
I have not had issues thus far signing in on sites, though that might just have been dumb luck. I appreciate the heads-up and the additional information, thanks!
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