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> redirecting and disabling the back button I haven't heard of this before. How does it work? Do you know of any examples?
by flumberbug 8y ago
> redirecting and disabling the back button
I haven't heard of this before. How does it work? Do you know of any examples?
- rubyn00bie 8y agoYou perform like fifty redirects in a row, and when you try to go ”back” it just redirects you forward to where you were. Eventually the browser hangs as you mash the back button, and the redirect chain fires off again. It’s a fucking shitty practice.
- baldomo 8y agotl;dr: you can insert whatever page into the browser's history so when you click the back button the browser navigates to that specific page. Google is working on preventing it in Chromium [1] [1] https://fossbytes.com/google-chrome-is-working-to-prevent-back-button-hijacking-in-browser/ https://fossbytes.com/google-chrome-is-working-to-prevent-ba...