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Can't they just look at the referrer?

• themacguffinman 9y ago
  It lets them identify clicks specifically from the post link as opposed to links in the HN discussion thread.
  • jonny_eh 9y ago
    Can't they see the path in the referrer URL? Wouldn't that differentiate which page on HN referred the visitor?
• dltrn 9y ago
  https doesn't pass the referrer