Remove referrers when opening a link in a new private window.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/browser/base/content/utilityOverlay.js b/browser/base/content/utilityOverlay.js
index 7da54e064..833369f4d 100644
--- a/browser/base/content/utilityOverlay.js
+++ b/browser/base/content/utilityOverlay.js
@@ -258,6 +258,12 @@ function openLinkIn(url, where, params) {
   }
 
   if (!w || where == "window") {
+    // Strip referrer data when opening a new private window, to prevent
+    // regular browsing data from leaking into it.
+    if (aIsPrivate) {
+      aNoReferrer = true;
+    }    
+    
     // This propagates to window.arguments.
     var sa = Cc["@mozilla.org/array;1"].
              createInstance(Ci.nsIMutableArray);