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[–] mmddmm@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] Nomad 4 points 2 months ago

This. Did a seminar on these techniques during my it security degree. Porn sites invented that to detect people that use competing sites.

[–] orockwell@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

hence the comment about tracking ;) anything more than recording your events as they happen are a security and privacy risk