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> The ability for a website to see when you click on things outside of the page itself It doesn't let pages see what you're clicking on outside of the page. Th
by AshleysBrain 4y ago
> The ability for a website to see when you click on things outside of the page itself
It doesn't let pages see what you're clicking on outside of the page. That would indeed be a serious privacy violation. It merely tells the page that it's not on-screen any more. Personally I don't see any problem with that.
- vanderZwan 4y agoThe person you replied to literally posted an example of it being misused: > The ability for a website to see when you click on things outside of the page itself (either by changing active window or tab) is quite unexpected from an end-user perspective, and its use in various "ed tech" websites to detect alleged cheating
- daveoc64 4y agoI don't see how that's misuse. If the "ed tech" site was detecting what you're doing 24/7, that would be a problem. But for the 2 - 5 hour period of time that you're taking an exam and have their web page open, is it unreasonable?
- AshleysBrain 4y agoChanging tab doesn't tell you where or what someone clicked on outside of the page itself though, only that the page is no longer visible.