GNU Wget NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. Copyright (C) 1997-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc. See the end for copying conditions. Please send GNU Wget bug reports to <[email protected]>. * Changes in Wget 1.20.1 ** --xattr is no longer default since it introduces privacy issues. ** --xattr saves the Referer as scheme/host/port, user/pw/path/query/fragment are no longer saved to prevent privacy issues. ** --xattr saves the Original URL without user/password to prevent privacy issues.