Thanks to Quora, now you can’t read anonymously

Re:Thanks to Quora, now you can’t read anonymously by cantrevealname on Friday August 03, 2012 @06:55AM (#4333468)

Yes, you're right, I can see the blurring in certain cases now.

If I go to the link you cited directly it is not blurred.

But I if search for "How do Bayesian algorithms work" in Google, then click the link that Google finds, then it is blurred.

Once you get the blurred Quora page, then even going to the link directly will get you a blurred page. If you delete all the Quora cookies, then it'll be back to being readable (non-blurred).

Interestingly, if you use Google's encrypted service ( https://encrypted.google.com/ ) to search for "How do Bayesian algorithms work", you'll get a non-blurred Quora page.

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Re:Thanks to Quora, now you can’t read anonymously by pasbesoin on Friday August 03, 2012 @01:01PM (#4334868)

I'm pleased -- perhaps -- in that enough Googlers read HN that now maybe this blurring BS will be addressed.

Of course, it will be addressed by another "true name" purveyor. My head hurts.

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Re:Thanks to Quora, now you can’t read anonymously by eli on Friday August 03, 2012 @08:02AM (#4333612)

IIRC, https sites do not send referer, so that makes sense.

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Re:Thanks to Quora, now you can’t read anonymously by 0x0 on Friday August 03, 2012 @08:18AM (#4333649)

https sites sends referers only to other https sites (even crossdomain), but not when navigating from https to http.

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