[tor-bugs] #12739 [Tor Browser]: Option to disable the Referer Header

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#12739: Option to disable the Referer Header
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     Reporter:  cypherpunks  |      Owner:
         Type:  task         |     Status:  closed
     Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:
    Component:  Tor Browser  |    Version:
   Resolution:  wontfix      |   Keywords:  referer_header
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Changes (by gk):

 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => wontfix
 * component:  Torbutton => Tor Browser


Comment:

 Replying to [ticket:12739 cypherpunks]:
 > [Due to the discussion on tor-talk mailing list]
 >
 > The Referer Header isn't disabled by default "because of
 > the non-trivial number of sites that rely on the Referer header to
 authenticate image requests and deep-link navigation on their
 > sites". Anyway, we need to add such option to the TorButton setting list
 just to make configuration more comfortable.

 That does not help, see the remaining parts of the section you quote:
 https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser/design/#deprecate section
 1. Thus, there are no plans to implement a generic option to spoof the
 Referer.

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