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The whole "Refer header and IP intact" thing seems a bit too "boogeyman" to me. You are one of hundreds of thousands, maybe millions of IPs that are visiting this site. I feel like the audience here generally understands what kind of info an IP address gives up (like broad geo info) and that it can't really be attributed to an identity -- I guess unless you're NSA? or the ISP? Do you think the site operator is monitoring all the IPs visiting the site and picking "targets"?

I still support an archive link for availability reasons; I just wouldn't worry about being attacked or something just because you visited the site.

KF users love their correlation attacks. I'd just recommend giving them as little information as possible if you have any reason to believe they might be targeting you.

Seconded.

> with Referrer and IP intact is a bit dangerous.

What would be the attack vector?

They now have my IP and the fact I came from https://news.ycombinator.com/

Even if I'm logged in on Kiwifarms so they know who I am they have no idea if I have a login on HN or even what thread I was reading.