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A comment on Firefox 59 to strip path information from referrer values for 3rd parties. Parent comment

Re:Firefox 59 to strip path information from referrer values... by ams6110 on Thursday February 01, 2018 @08:39PM (#16287671)
Considering that referer is trivially spoofable, not a great idea to rely on it for anything really.
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Re:Firefox 59 to strip path information from referrer values... by thefifthsetpin on Thursday February 01, 2018 @08:49PM (#16287728)
So are cookies, but you wouldn't say that it's a bad idea to rely on them. Spoofing is only useful if you know the value you need to spoof.
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