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Description of the issue:
Brave is an http_referer, where or how can I turn off this option. It defeats the purpose of using a VPN for privacy. How can this issue be reproduced?
1Go to whoami.com or search “who is” under any search engine.
2.locate the website and select “Is your browser an http_referer”. Up comes all your device and connection information.
3.This information is given to every website that uses the “get” command or option.
Expected result:
Fix this, or assist me in stopping this. Brave Version( check About Brave):
Version 1.5.5 Mobile Device details
Nokia 3.1 Android 9 Additional Information:
How is that? All the information given was correct, everything. My device, the connection I use, the servers I’m connected to, which is not related to http referer, but doesn’t brave somehow protect it’s users? I have screenshots to prove it. I’m reading the Brave documentation as we speak, as well as GitHub info. If I’m wrong, my mistake. But as to http referer, the information was correct.
Edit: As much as this aggravates me I’m also intrigued. Hopefully my research on GitHub will lead to a contribution to security and privacy.
So GitHub says, " * cross-site requests for iframes and sub-resources have their referrer set to be the origin of the requested resource
cross-site navigations have no referrer at all
same-site requests of all kinds have the same behavior as Chromium."
Yet that did not happen, I’m curious as to if this is a application based problem or a device issue (which is hard to process, given that it should be the browsers, as there’s no browser configuration I’m aware of on the device besides the original Chrome config). But, I’m currently researching both. I’ll keep you informed.