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Re:Firefox 59 to strip path information from referrer values... by lovelearning on Thursday February 01, 2018 @09:13PM (#16287842)
If you're using Firefox, open 'about:config' and set 'network.http.sendRefererHeader' to 0.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Network.http.sendRefererHeader

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Re:Firefox 59 to strip path information from referrer values... by nyolfen on Friday February 02, 2018 @12:36AM (#16288649)
this seems like it turns it off for everyone, not just third parties
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Re:Firefox 59 to strip path information from referrer values... by lovelearning on Friday February 02, 2018 @12:59AM (#16288719)
Yes, it strips off for any URL. For only third parties, I believe 'network.http.referer.XOriginPolicy' is the relevant flag (haven't tried it out myself).

"Can one disable the HTTP referrer for only when one is going to a third-party domain?" https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1130505

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