XPost: comp.misc
Rich <rich@example.invalid> writes:
"BC" == http://bleepingcomputer.com/ writes:
[Cross-posting to news:comp.infosystems.www.misc.]
<URL:https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/major-browsers-to -prevent-disabling-of-click-tracking-privacy-risk/>
A HTML standard called hyperlink auditing that allows sites to track
link clicks is enabled by default on Safari, Chrome, Opera, and
Microsoft Edge, but will soon have no way to disable it. As it is considered a privacy risk, browsers previously allowed you to
disable this feature. Now they are going in the opposite direction.
Hyperlink auditing is a HTML standard
Wait a minute; like, a W3C standard? You know, the body that
represents the interests of all the WWW users -- such as Google,
Netflix, and the rest of the gang?
Yeah, I'm surprised beyond belief that they have such a privacy
threat standardized, and that that same Google is going out of
their way to disallow opting-out. After all, their users' best
interests are at the stake. Financial ones, too.
[...]
PS. Can we have a community hypertext markup standard already? Please?
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