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If you're coming from an HTTPS page (which I think HN forces) to an HTTP page, the referer is not sent. It is only sent for HTTP->HTTP and HTTPS->HTTPS (even cross-domain, despite the info that leaks out)

http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec15.html#sec15...




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