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Okay. It seems that if I enable the typo feature (which is disabled by default, I've just checked in a clean profile) and go to amazon.comm, I get redirected to
by Tobu 13y ago
Okay. It seems that if I enable the typo feature (which is disabled by default, I've just checked in a clean profile) and go to amazon.comm, I get redirected to http://amazon.com/?tag=uf024-20 http://amazon.com/?tag=uf024-20
ABP notifies me of the redirection, and I can accept or blacklist it.
- edwintorok 13y agoYeah it seems to be default off, and they're not hiding the fact that this is a monetization source: https://adblockplus.org/blog/typo-correction-feature-in-adblock-plus https://adblockplus.org/blog/typo-correction-feature-in-adbl... However it appears to add that tag only if I typo the name, if I follow a good Amazon link (with or without the affiliate) then it doesn't get 'corrected'. Although since the rewrite rules are downloaded from a remote location (over HTTP, not even HTTPS!) they could in theory decide to rewrite any links in the future, without many people noticing.
- Tobu 13y agoWhile they could update the list, it's still typo correction. As implemented, the url needs to be typed in the location bar and the domain can't exist. Edit: sorry about that last part. http://amazon.co http://amazon.co does exist and does get corrected.
- edwintorok 13y agoIIRC I've seen it suggest me typo corrections even when visiting valid websites.