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minus-square@mmddmm@lemm.eelinkfedilink8•1 month ago JS needs to know about styles? It’s about JS trying to detect if the link was visited, not about style. People used to do that to evade cross-site tracking protection, and this is why JS isn’t allowed to know that anymore.
minus-squarenomadlinkfedilink4•1 month agoThis. Did a seminar on these techniques during my it security degree. Porn sites invented that to detect people that use competing sites.
minus-square@orockwell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•1 month agohence the comment about tracking ;) anything more than recording your events as they happen are a security and privacy risk
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It’s about JS trying to detect if the link was visited, not about style. People used to do that to evade cross-site tracking protection, and this is why JS isn’t allowed to know that anymore.
This. Did a seminar on these techniques during my it security degree. Porn sites invented that to detect people that use competing sites.
hence the comment about tracking ;) anything more than recording your events as they happen are a security and privacy risk