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Disabling 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.
by ficklepickle 7y ago
Disabling 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.