Eric, I was aware of this but your restating it makes me wonder if our own tiddlywikis could detect the referrer, or is this only a server feature?, I am thinking of of this for two reasons;
- In my own internal wikis identify the source that opened the wiki - On a hosted wiki I have a method where the wiki reloads itself via a link, I would like to detect when this happens rather when someone first lands on the sight. - I only want this for sources I control, not for harvesting anything. Regards Tony On Saturday, July 11, 2020 at 7:04:31 AM UTC+10, Eric Shulman wrote: > > On Friday, July 10, 2020 at 1:29:46 PM UTC-7, Joe Black wrote: >> >> Thank you for the in-depth explanation. >> >> I got one last question. Do I need the "rel="noopener noreferrer"? The >> wiki mentions that it is used to maintain the privacy of the URL (sounds >> important), but Birthe posted the link without it. >> > > It's not strictly necessary but it can't hurt. In general, if you are > working from a locally stored TiddlyWiki, then the referrer value is, by > default, blocked from being shared, as that could expose information about > the folder structure of your local hard drive. > > Otherwise, it really depends on the external URL you are going to, and how > paranoid you are. If a site "harvests" the referrer value, it lets them > know info about the URL you came from, and they can use the referrer value > to tailor the content they display or gather statistics to help in their > business plannning. For example, if you click on a banner ad, they can > look at the referrer to know which site you came from. This can help them > tune their advertising expenses by knowing which sites produced the most > effective ad placements. > > -e > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/6d9e1343-5c32-493f-b094-2d33013c649ao%40googlegroups.com.
