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Is "right click and copy url" trackable as well? Genuine question.

• coldtea 10y ago
  Maybe not in itself, but "user mouse pointer is above the url" and "user right clicked" are.
  • masklinn 10y ago
    It is trackable in itself through the `copy` clipboard event (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Events/copy https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Events/copy). Both keychord and contextual menu will trigger the event.
    • coldtea 10y ago
      The parent was asking whether the "Copy Link Address" (Chrome) or similar is other browsers is trackable though, not the more general copy to clipboard. I don't think that one is.
• newscracker 10y ago
  Yes, it is. I've tried it on Facebook several times (since I try to avoid clicking on external links on the platform) and it shows related links the moment I finish the right click and copy link location action. There is some variation depending on where one clicks (on the image that has a link or the actual hyperlink), but Facebook definitely knows in most cases what URLs someone is copying to the clipboard. The first time I saw it I was very annoyed.
  • nannal 10y ago
    Because the website notorious with spying on every single user action was spying on a user action?
    • atbentley 10y ago
      I get annoyed by it too, because sometimes I want to read an article but don't necessarily want fb to continue serving those articles to me. I don't really know what happens inside the Facebook machine, but I imagine clicking a link indicates you are interested in a topic. Sometimes I just want to read trash.
      • nannal 10y ago
        So google the title in an incognito window, or alternative and preferably, stop using that site all together.
        • atbentley 10y ago
          Yes, I tend to do something along those lines when I don't want to be tracked. To the original point, it's an annoying extra step to have to do but not unreasonable enough to stop using the site, I'm simply answering your question on why someone might find it annoying.
• arghwhat 10y ago
  Yes and yes - Right click raises an event, and copy specifically raises an event. If in doubt: If it happens over or in a browser window, it is probably trackable from JavaScript. See: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Events/copy https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Events/copy
  • tornadoboy55 10y ago
    Over a browser Window? So If my 1Password window overlaps with my browser window, the page I'm on could sniff the entire 1Password window? Seems like a bunch of FUD..
    • __david__ 10y ago
      It's not really polite to call it FUD right off the bat, especially when you're probably just misunderstanding. A browser obviously can't get events from a different app.
    • nommm-nommm 10y ago
      Subject to the same origin policy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-origin_policy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-origin_policy
      • arghwhat 10y ago
        That protects you (to some extend) from page A accessing resources from page B. Same origin policy doesn't do anything to stop you from being tracked, though.
        • nommm-nommm 10y ago
          Yeah, of course, I was replying to a post about the concern about a website getting your entire 1password database.
    • chriswarbo 10y ago
      You built a strawman, but it can actually be dangerous to interact with an application on the same screen as a browser! https://jameshfisher.github.io/cursory-hack/ https://jameshfisher.github.io/cursory-hack/
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