[shannonbooth]

Use the element's hyperlink referrer policy, as following does.

Fixes #5623.

• At least two implementers are interested (and none opposed):
  • WebKit (implements)
  • Gecko (implements)
• Tests are written and can be reviewed and commented upon at:
  • HTML: Test referrer policy for hyperlink downloads web-platform-tests/wpt#64051
• Implementation bugs are filed:
  • Chromium: https://issues.chromium.org/issues/578393912
  • Gecko: N/A
  • WebKit: N/A
  • Deno (only for timers, structured clone, base64 utils, channel messaging, module resolution, web workers, and web storage): N/A
  • Node.js (only for timers, structured clone, base64 utils, channel messaging, and module resolution): N/A
• Corresponding HTML AAM & ARIA in HTML issues & PRs: N/A
• MDN issue is filed: <a> referrerpolicy and rel=noreferrer also apply to downloads mdn/content#46313
• The top of this comment includes a clear commit message to use.

(See WHATWG Working Mode: Changes for more details.)

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