The automatic referer is set to the full previous URL even when redirects are
done cross-origin or following redirects to insecure protocols. This is
considered a minor privacy leak by some.
+
+With \fICURLINFO_REFERER(3)\fP, applications can extract the actually used
+referer header after the transfer.
.SH DEFAULT
0, disabled
.SH PROTOCOLS
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL (3),
.BR CURLINFO_REDIRECT_URL (3),
+.BR CURLINFO_REFERER (3),
.BR CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION (3),
.BR CURLOPT_REFERER (3)