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Change the default referrer policy to 'strict-origin-when-cross-origin'.
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This addresses
w3c/webappsec-referrer-policy#125, among other
things.
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mikewest committed Oct 15, 2019
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Expand Up @@ -3311,10 +3311,7 @@ with a <i>CORS flag</i> and <i>recursive flag</i>, run these steps:
<p>If <var>request</var>'s <a for=request>referrer policy</a>
is the empty string, then set <var>request</var>'s
<a for=request>referrer policy</a> to
"<code>no-referrer-when-downgrade</code>".

<p class="note no-backref">We use "<code>no-referrer-when-downgrade</code>" because it is the
historical default.
"<code>strict-origin-when-cross-origin</code>".

<li>
<p>If <var>request</var>'s <a for=request>referrer</a>
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