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Referrer policies 'same-origin', 'strict-origin', 'strict-origin-when-cross-origin'

Category
Security
Type
New or changed feature
Status
Enabled by default (Chrome 61)
Intent stage
None

Summary

The Referrer Policy specification includes three policy values that Chrome doesn't yet implement. - same-origin: Send full referrers same-origin, no referrers cross-origin. - strict-origin: Strip referrers to the origin, but strip them when downgrading from HTTPS to HTTP. - strict-origin-when-cross-origin: Send full referrers same-origin, and the origin when cross-origin, but strip referrers when downgrading from HTTPS to HTTP.

Standards & signals

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