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Re:Firefox 73 by dependenttypes on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @12:00PM (#22300015)
> you can add images, using data-uris

Seems like a good way to detect when someone opens the console.

Edit: Actually I am wrong

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Re:Firefox 73 by negativegate on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @12:05PM (#22300058)
Data-uris don't make network requests.
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Re:Firefox 73 by jwandborg on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @12:36PM (#22300436)
There's a slight possibility that you could construct an SVG that would load another resource, but it shouldn't (as in RFC 2119 "MUST NOT") be possible.
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