Firefox 59 to strip path information from referrer values for 3rd parties

Re:Firefox 59 to strip path information from referrer values... by duncan_bayne on Thursday February 01, 2018 @09:14PM (#16287844)

> As someone that digs in this data for a living, personally strongly believe this should be on by default for all browsing.

Yeah, but it may surprise you to know that your opinion isn't shared by the people who own the computers in question, or the private data you're digging in.

Your personal strong belief is, in this case, utterly irrelevant.

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Re:Firefox 59 to strip path information from referrer values... by jrochkind1 on Thursday February 01, 2018 @11:26PM (#16288411)

I believe they were saying despite being in that business, they -still- think there should be much increased privacy, like the features discussed in OP more widespread.

They don't seem to have said so clearly enough. I think some people just read the first half of the sentence and are ready to be mad!

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