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Mozilla to protect Firefox users from bounce trackers - Stack Diary

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Mozilla is introducing a new feature to Firefox aimed at protecting users from bounce trackers, the browser developer has announced. Bounce tracking is a technique where a user clicks a link but ends up reaching their intended destination via an intermediary tracking page. This allows trackers to pl...

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10mo ago

Mozilla to protect Firefox users from bounce trackers - Stack Diary

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- This is why we use extensions
- Twitter also was one of the first hijacking links a long time ago.

How about stopping link hover from showing its own nonsense in the status line, Mozilla. The status line should always show the real link destination.
- It could only know that by navigating to the link in the background. That would have side effects, like them being able to track you even when you don't click on links.
  
  If the link is to a redirector then that's what should show in the status line.
  
  Fine! If there's Javascript fuckery going on, then the status line should say "WARNING: JAVASCRIPT FUCKERY!"
- thats the website maker's fault, not the browser's
  
  No it's the browser's fault for enabling the deception. You have to assume that any given website is malicious. The browser is a security product that is supposed to be on our side and protect us from evil websites. Blaming the website for exploiting protection failures puts the responsibility in the wrong place. It's like taking counterfeit antibiotics, getting sick, and blaming the germs.

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