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"rel" is an attribute of several HTML tags, including the anchor tag <a> [0]. It is not something that would be visible in the URL.

The presence of this attribute instructs the client to not send the HTTP header "Referer" [1] when making a request to the target URL.

[0] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Attributes... [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Re...



I know, I'm saying that it's not in the `rel=` on that article link on the linked page. Just noopener, which is of course included on every link.


It is. When I open the source, I see this:

<a href="http://www.jwz.org/blog/2011/10/eff-declares-premature-victo..." rel="noreferrer">Jwz: Google's pseudonym support "obvious bullshit"</a>

Might be that the method is different on a specific browser, but most likely you are looking in the wrong place.


<a href="http://www.jwz.org/blog/2011/10/eff-declares-premature-victo..." rel="noopener" target="_blank">Jwz: Google's pseudonym support "obvious bullshit"</a>


> Just noopener, which is of course included on every link.

I can see no `rel` attribute on other submitted links.

Are you perhaps using some privacy-enhancing browser extension which adds the `rel=noopener` attribute to every link?




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