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> We have collected more than 100,000 political ads in this way. But Facebook’s latest update blocks tools like ours from clicking on the “Why Am I Seeing This”
by tvanantwerp 8y ago
> We have collected more than 100,000 political ads in this way. But Facebook’s latest update blocks tools like ours from clicking on the “Why Am I Seeing This” menu.
> The company added code that prevents clicks generated by computers — including browser extensions — on just that one button. Web browsers make a distinction between a click generated by the computer and one generated by your mouse. Clicks from your mouse are marked “isTrusted“ and those generated by computer code are not.
- megous 8y agoYou can patch the browser to make isTrusted configurable, or to set it unconditionally true.
- the8472 8y agoIn my opinion extensions should be able to synthesize clicks on behalf of the user where isTrusted=true from the perspective of web content.
- Noumenon72 8y agoAh, this explains why so many of my GreaseMonkey attempts didn't work!