suggestion: add automatic referrer blocker

[ejonessss]

it would be nice to have an automatic referrer blocker added to any urls that users post

example http://hiderefer.com/?http://imdb.com

all too often i see that some movies do not have an imdb link and other torrents do not have a link so i often have to google search for that info

i suspect that some users feel that they dont want the piratebay showing up on the server logs of imdb.com and other sites that have the stuff.

the referrer header is something that tells the site who the link hosted on

many private sites automatically insert the "http://hiderefer.com/?" before the urls that a user pastes into the description field.

i think if tpb would do the same it may make the posters of content more at ease and encourage them to include an imdb or other link

[Moe]

I'm doubt many people are omitting the link just because they are concerned the IMDB (or anyone else) will see people coming from TPB.

Not all browsers strip the referrer header when redirected, so using such a service would instill a false sense of privacy.

There are browser add-ons that can more reliably strip the referral header. Users are free to use any of those if this is a concern for them.

[ejonessss]

i am not worried about privacy for the end user i am thinking more of imdb then being able to jump on the "shut down piratebay bandwagon".

ok lets say for example such thing was in place back when kanye west songs was released i bet he would have not have heard about it since his server's logs would not be loaded with thepiratebay.

private torrent and warez sites use that because they want to keep as low profile as possible that is why they ban users for posting torrents to public trackers

[Moe]

Seriously, you think Kanye found out because of a referrer header??

I guess that ends any serious discussion of this suggestion.

It's not going to happen.

[ejonessss]

it would be a nice feature to help encourage posters to include imdb links.

if Kanye west checks the server and sees thepiratebay.se in the logs he would go "hmm what is the piratebay" and may try searching for his content.