From 8751dd5e91a106f236c0335f67348d91fd0ee7fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gabe Kangas <gabek@real-ity.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2021 20:18:31 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Explicity send no referrer headers to external requests for
 privacy

---
 web/utils/apis.ts | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/web/utils/apis.ts b/web/utils/apis.ts
index c737a0826..88bb7a063 100644
--- a/web/utils/apis.ts
+++ b/web/utils/apis.ts
@@ -118,7 +118,10 @@ export async function fetchData(url: string, options?: FetchOptions) {
 
 export async function fetchExternalData(url: string) {
   try {
-    const response = await fetch(url);
+    const response = await fetch(url, {
+      referrerPolicy: 'no-referrer', // Send no referrer header for privacy reasons.
+      referrer: '',
+    });
     if (!response.ok) {
       const message = `An error has occured: ${response.status}`;
       throw new Error(message);