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Mozilla Firefox Working to Protect Us from Referer Headers

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The current Firefox Beta is testing out a new feature to limit the reach of referrer headers which have been used pretty invasively in recent times to transfer user information.
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This comes after the government site healthcare.gov has been caught sending private information to advertisers via headers.

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/privacy-concerns-governments-health-care-website-28340119
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