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Mozilla to protect Firefox users from bounce trackers - Stack Diary (stackdiary.com)

submitted 5 months ago by boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] something_random_tho@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The point of this is that it's a redirect. The link isn't taking you to xyz.com, it's going to abc.com which redirects to xyz.com. The abc.com server redirects to the second link -- there's no way to know where it'll take you unless you follow it.

[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl -5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Except if you hover over it, the browser will show you where it's redirecting to and not the tracking URL. That's the whole point.