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By reasonably formatted, I would actually exclude onhover. To clarify, I meant a document that would be readable without any interaction. You've got me wonderin
by JMTQp8lwXL 7y ago
By reasonably formatted, I would actually exclude onhover. To clarify, I meant a document that would be readable without any interaction. You've got me wondering if privacy-focused browsers like Brave have the ability to disable potential tracking mechanisms like onhover.
- ficklepickle 7y agoDisabling CSS :hover and :active states might break sites. Tracking pixels could be as simple as a background image set for either of those CSS states.
- JMTQp8lwXL 7y agoAgreed, but it would likely break things that don't matter much to me. A well defined semantic document should say what it has to say, without the use or necessity of :hover or :active states.
- matheusmoreira 7y agoBrowsers could disable downloading of external resources for CSS :hover and :active. When the user interacts with the interface, the CSS will still get applied but the tracking URL won't be accessed.
- moring 7y agoAlternatively, such URLs can always be pre-fetched on page load.
- GoblinSlayer 7y agoTurned off javascript is more about usability than tracking prevention.