Referrer header policy patch seems to break StartPage

[vrsovin]

Preliminary checklist

• [X] I have read the README
• [X] I have read the FAQs.
• [X] I have searched existing issues for my feature request. This is a new issue (NOT a duplicate) and is not related to another issue.
• [X] This is a feature request for the Cromite browser; not the website nor F-Droid nor anything else.

Is your feature request related to privacy?

Yes

Is there a patch available for this feature somewhere?

https://github.com/bromite/bromite/wiki/SearchEngines

Describe the solution you would like

Hello. Sorry for opening this, but my Cromite do not shows other search engines in "Recently visited" on settings. I would like to use startpage but it is not added after opening site and perform a search.

Describe alternatives you have considered

Entering sites manually.

[uazo]

It used to be said that 'Google is your best friend':

https://www.google.com/search?q=chrome+android+add+startpage --> https://support.startpage.com/hc/en-us/articles/8623502498964-Make-Startpage-the-default-search-engine-in-Chrome-Android-

[bocekm]

@uazo, I was following the approach (switching from POST to GET) in Bromite and it worked. But it does not in Cromite.

[uazo]

please, if you think it is fixable, open a new issue with the steps to reproduce the potential bug.

[bocekm]

As @peternrdstrm pointed out under https://github.com/uazo/cromite/issues/512, besides switching the Startpage settings to use GET instead of POST, one needs to at least temporarily switch the HTTP Referrer header policy in the Privacy and Security settings of Cromite to Standard.

[uazo]

one needs to at least temporarily switch the HTTP Referrer header policy in the Privacy and Security settings of Cromite to Standard.

but it is strange, that from GET to POST they change domain? otherwise the referrer should be there, to be verified.

[uazo]

joined with https://github.com/uazo/cromite/issues/662