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This is so frustrating, I just want the url, but NO, you can an escaped version of the URL embedded inside another escaped blob instead. Ditto with Facebook.
by cube00 5y ago
This is so frustrating, I just want the url, but NO, you can an escaped version of the URL embedded inside another escaped blob instead. Ditto with Facebook.
- mormegil 5y agoI use a Firefox addon for that, https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/dont-track-me-google1/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/dont-track-me...
- commoner 5y agoGood extension. ClearURLs can also do this for a wide range of sites, and supports custom rules for sites you specify: https://gitlab.com/KevinRoebert/ClearUrls https://gitlab.com/KevinRoebert/ClearUrls Privacy Badger is another option that cleans Google and Facebook links while blocking trackers, and is available by default on Firefox for Android: https://privacybadger.org https://privacybadger.org
- arghwhat 5y agoHow would Microsoft, Google and Facebook otherwise be able to track when and what you click?! Think of the hit to their revenue!
- cube00 5y agoThey can use onclick and leave the href attribute alone.
- igravious 5y agoBut what to do about them JavaScript disabling varmints then?
- JimDabell 5y agoThat’s what hyperlink auditing with the ping attribute is for: https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/links.html#hyperlink-auditing https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/links.html#hyperlink-... You put a `ping` attribute on a link, and when the user follows the link, the browser sends a request to the ping URL notifying it of the action. Firefox disables it by default, which doesn’t seem like much of a privacy win considering JavaScript is enabled by default and can polyfill this functionality.
- moshmosh 5y agoGiving Javascript the ability to make requests without asking the user via dialog for each one—if we must allow it at all—was a mistake.
- Closi 5y agoI'm sure this is something they have considered as their own analytics program uses onclick to track outbound traffic - I assume it's a mix of speed, reliability and the ability to track without javascript. Plus, if it was done on OnClick there would definitely be an add-on to disable the tracking on all browsers.
- mobjack 5y agoThere are some privacy reasons for it. A direct link from a search page will let websites see the search terms that users entered in to navigate there. Google still knows everything so it doesn't protect you from them, but websites are more in the dark what users were doing before clicking the link.
- simcop2387 5y agoAnd then Google aggregates that back to sides that use Google analytics so that they get both sides of the users
- niutech 5y agoThere is rel="noreferrer" for that.
- arghwhat 5y agoThen they can't track if you share the link!
- SumBird 5y agoThat's the point, How else are we supposed to fight these companies? Take their source of money away and watch them squirm.
- Siira 5y agoTry https://github.com/AmanoTeam/Unalix-nim https://github.com/AmanoTeam/Unalix-nim .