Sneaky because now you don't know what server a web page is coming from?
Because yes that's true, although cryptography it's maybe half true.
Sneaky because (especially for news articles), the most common web-based attack is google (or fb, etc) slurping up my information.
Now, they want to remove the remaining user interface element that says they’re spying on me!
Also, this makes it even harder to ad block their junk at the network layer (is foo.com down, or is this more amp bs?)
Re:AMP pages displaying your own domain
by codedokode on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @12:28PM
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On their page about AMP Viewer Google admits that they are collecting user's data when they view AMP pages [1]:
> The Google AMP Viewer is a hybrid environment where you can collect data about the user. Data collection by Google is governed by Google’s privacy policy.
With replaced URL it will be more difficult to spot.
[1] https://developers.google.com/search/docs/guides/about-amp
What will stop Google from down-grading 2nd class URLs (ie, not hosted with google) to page 2 results?
It's effectively the same thing as having no AMP at all, yet they cleverly got everyone on board with this tactic.
Edit: I just skimmed through this... this looks _WORSE_ than having Google show their domain. This is some of the sneakiest most deceitful garbage I could have ever imagined.
Just no way. Need convincing? Look at the animated gif half way down:
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Xqfy7IhiTzc/XLY7goySWzI/AAAAAAAAD...