# Discourse Link previews through a proxy server?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-link-previews-through-a-proxy-server/72720>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [25 Octubre, 2017 01:34 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-link-previews-through-a-proxy-server/72720 "2017-10-25T01:34:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![schungx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/schungx/32/70989_2.png) [@schungx](https://meta.discourse.org/u/schungx)\
**Post date:** [25 Octubre, 2017 02:32 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-link-previews-through-a-proxy-server/72720/4 "2017-10-25T02:32:22Z")

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Purely out of curiosity… How does previewing a link leak ip info?

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