diff --git a/netlify.toml b/netlify.toml
index d06f47c..7dcd8f3 100644
--- a/netlify.toml
+++ b/netlify.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     Content-Security-Policy = "default-src 'none'; script-src 'self' 'wasm-unsafe-eval'; style-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline'; img-src 'self' data: blob: https:; font-src 'self' https://fonts.gstatic.com data:; connect-src 'self' https: wss:; media-src 'self' blob: https:; frame-src 'self' https:; worker-src 'self' blob:; manifest-src 'self'; object-src 'none'; base-uri 'none'; form-action 'self'; frame-ancestors 'none'; upgrade-insecure-requests"
     X-Frame-Options = "DENY"
     X-Content-Type-Options = "nosniff"
-    Referrer-Policy = "strict-origin-when-cross-origin"
+    Referrer-Policy = "no-referrer"
     Permissions-Policy = "geolocation=(self), camera=(self), microphone=()"
 
 [[headers]]
diff --git a/public/_headers b/public/_headers
index afba8c2..e05f5ee 100644
--- a/public/_headers
+++ b/public/_headers
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'none'; script-src 'self' 'wasm-unsafe-eval'; style-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline'; img-src 'self' data: blob: https:; font-src 'self' https://fonts.gstatic.com data:; connect-src 'self' https: wss:; media-src 'self' blob: https:; frame-src 'self' https:; worker-src 'self' blob:; manifest-src 'self'; object-src 'none'; base-uri 'none'; form-action 'self'; frame-ancestors 'none'; upgrade-insecure-requests
   X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
   X-Frame-Options: DENY
-  Referrer-Policy: strict-origin-when-cross-origin
+  Referrer-Policy: no-referrer
   Permissions-Policy: geolocation=(self), camera=(self), microphone=()
 
 # Cache the proxied mint directory so we don't hammer the rate-limited API.
diff --git a/src/components/ImageWithFallback.tsx b/src/components/ImageWithFallback.tsx
index 7fb8f22..2b289a7 100644
--- a/src/components/ImageWithFallback.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ImageWithFallback.tsx
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ export function ImageWithFallback({
   onError,
   loading = 'lazy',
   decoding = 'async',
+  referrerPolicy = 'no-referrer',
   ...props
 }: ImageWithFallbackProps) {
   const candidates = useMemo(() => imageCandidates(src), [src]);
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ export function ImageWithFallback({
       className={className}
       loading={loading}
       decoding={decoding}
+      referrerPolicy={referrerPolicy}
       onError={(event) => {
         if (index + 1 < candidates.length) {
           setIndex(index + 1);
diff --git a/src/components/ui/avatar.tsx b/src/components/ui/avatar.tsx
index 2a948cb..0b06d08 100644
--- a/src/components/ui/avatar.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ui/avatar.tsx
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ const AvatarImage = React.forwardRef<
   <AvatarPrimitive.Image
     ref={ref}
     className={cn("aspect-square h-full w-full object-cover", className)}
+    referrerPolicy="no-referrer"
     {...props}
   />
 ))
diff --git a/src/hooks/useSkateRelays.ts b/src/hooks/useSkateRelays.ts
index 742c96a..ccac389 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useSkateRelays.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useSkateRelays.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { useCitrine } from '@/hooks/useCitrine';
 import { SKATE_RELAY } from '@/lib/types';
 import { mergeEvents } from '@/lib/eventMerge';
 import { getLocalDeletions } from '@/lib/localDeletions';
+import { onlyVerified } from '@/lib/verifyEvents';
 import type { NostrEvent, NostrFilter } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
 
 /**
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ export function useSkateRelays() {
       throw new Error('No relay could be reached');
     }
 
-    const allEvents = results.flat();
+    const allEvents = onlyVerified(results.flat());
 
     return dedupeEvents(allEvents);
   };
@@ -161,7 +162,7 @@ export function useSkateRelays() {
       const relay = nostr.relay(SKATE_RELAY);
       const events = await relay.query(filters, { signal: options.signal });
 
-      return dedupeEvents(events);
+      return dedupeEvents(onlyVerified(events));
     } catch (err) {
       // See querySkateContent: an outage must not look like "empty".
       options.onError?.();