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Here's another possibility that popped into my head while reading this article. What about browser prefetches? Is it possible that a browser, say Chrome, is p
by allwein 14y ago
Here's another possibility that popped into my head while reading this article. What about browser prefetches? Is it possible that a browser, say Chrome, is prefetching linked pages and that prefetching is being detected by Facebook as an ad click?
I'll admit I know little to nothing about how prefetching works.
- devdazed 14y agoThis is an interesting theory.
- xentronium 14y agoIf this worked like you think, bad things would happen. Think about all the "?action=delete" or "/logout" links spread all over the internet.
- vampirechicken 14y agoBad things deserve to happen to web app operators who do not protect delete and logout by putting them behind POST[1] request. [1] pedantry - PUT, POST, DELETE implement it however you want. Just don't change database state using GET.