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Re:How to track and display profile views on GitHub by nso on Thursday July 09, 2020 @12:18PM (#23781808)
Attack?

1. your browser opens image from external server (in this step the server gets your IP and potentially user agent as that's how browsers communicate with servers)

2. there is no step 2

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Re:How to track and display profile views on GitHub by cutemonster on Thursday July 09, 2020 @03:55PM (#23784371)
What? My step 2: Go to ip addr and ask your favorite celebrity (whose ip you got) for an autograph and selfie together
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