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> If users access WhatsApp through a web browser, the service can also collect information about websites visited before and after sending messages, Collins add
by red_trumpet 3y ago
> If users access WhatsApp through a web browser, the service can also collect information about websites visited before and after sending messages, Collins added.
Whoa, how would they do that? Or is that just a british MP not knowing what he's talking about?
- gavaw 3y agoThrough third-party cookies such as the Facebook pixel.
- Semaphor 3y agoThere have also always been tricks to get that information for popular sites, like explained in the Browser history revisited [0] paper. [0]: https://cseweb.ucsd.edu/~dstefan/pubs/smith:2018:browser.pdf https://cseweb.ucsd.edu/~dstefan/pubs/smith:2018:browser.pdf
- lozenge 3y agoReferrer header and rewriting links in messages?