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ryanbrunner
on Jan 18, 2017
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Show HN: Privacy-focused, ad-free, non-tracking to...
I think the point is that the clicks could be tracked via Javascript, even if the links themselves point elsewhere.
JshWright
on Jan 18, 2017
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If we're allowing javascript, then you might as well use links. It would be just as easy to check for selected text to find out what the user copied from the page.
stavros
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Ah, that's true, I kind of assumed no client-side trickery, as it would be easily detectable.
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