Comment by c16

6 years ago

Chrome explicitly having a line [1] of code to not send the `x-client-data` header to Yahoo made me laugh.

[1] https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/comp...

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jcl  6 years ago

FWIW, it looks like that's a test case -- it is not part of Chrome itself. They most likely just wanted an example of a third-party website, and could have used any non-Google site there.

  • c16  6 years ago

    Yes, But they tested Yahoo of all websites to make sure they don't send tracking data, and not an unrelated website like wikipedia or archive.org. The only non-google test case too I might add.

    • gruez  6 years ago

      It's a test case I wouldn't read too much into it. Maybe it's evidence of a massive anti-trust conspiracy at google, but it could very well be because it's the first domain that came to the programmer's mind at the time.

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    • robbrown451  6 years ago

      I've long seen it almost as a tradition to use yahoo for things like testing if the internet is working, e.g. "ping yahoo.com". I suspect this isn't much more than that.

    • quotemstr  6 years ago

      It's an arbitrary test string, not evidence of evil intent. A sufficiently uncharitable interpretation can make anyone's writing look evil. It's not so.