Amer Abu Hujla is a Palestinian farmer living in a village called Deir Istiya in the West Bank. One day, he and his family went to pick their olive trees in their land. To their surprise, they found a large group of settlers digging a pit and constructing a swimming pool, surrounded by many seats.

When you access a website or make a request to a web server using your browser, it sends various HTTP headers as part of the request. One of these headers is the “Referer” header, which tells the server the URL of the page that referred you to the current page.

While this header serves a legitimate purpose, there are times when you might want to modify or suppress it for privacy or testing reasons. In this article, I will talk about my experience in how to change the Referer header in a request sent in the Chrome browser.

As we’ve approached the conclusion of the first eight months of 2023, this is an overview of the progress and accomplishments achieved during the last 8 months.

Ten months ago, I embarked on a new chapter of my life, moving to the vibrant city of Hamburg. This marked not only a change in my location but also a significant step in my career as a software engineer. I was fortunate to join Freiheit, an IT company headquartered in Hamburg, and today, I want to share my journey and experiences with this remarkable organization and the beautiful city I now call home.