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Re:Google adds experimental setting to hide full URLs in Chr... by dhms on Sunday June 14, 2020 @06:40PM (#23522004)
On that note, I noticed recently that Google search result links (on Firefox?) get rewritten. That is, you see the actual page URL when you hover over the link, but it's changed to their own redirect URL as soon as you click it.

I'm sure they've always been tracking these search result clicks, but I think this is a somewhat new behavior, and I find it highly deceiving.

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Re:Google adds experimental setting to hide full URLs in Chr... by propogandist on Sunday June 14, 2020 @11:28PM (#23523481)
Chrome sends back your click 'behind the scenes', whereas Firefox does not, so Google forces you to click through their link so they can track your activity (and if you hit the back button, you also jump through their redirect)

Ublock Origin can block this behavior. Here's a posting with links to more resources on hyperlink-auditig

https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dashboard:-Settings#d...

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