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by Grebbles 1972 days ago
How exactly does a redirect like that work? I didn't know links provided context when loading the subsequent page.
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ayewo 1972 days ago
The web server was configured to check the referrer.

   If (referrer === ‘https://news.ycombinator.com’) {

   // show offensive pic of male genitalia 
   }
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abiogenesis 1972 days ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_referer
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