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Re:Replace Google Analytics with a shell script by hobofan on Sunday April 18, 2021 @03:03PM (#26855305)
> because they are on your website so you get the same data

Or you provide the link via any social media website, or email, etc..

> or can instead be obtained by tricking them into clicking on a link to your website instead of that one

The target may feel much safer clicking a link to knowntrustedsite.abc than yourunknownphisysite.xyz

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Re:Replace Google Analytics with a shell script by sammax on Monday April 19, 2021 @04:13AM (#26860208)
> The target may feel much safer clicking a link to knowntrustedsite.abc than yourunknownphisysite.xyz

Big doubt honestly, at least for the vast majority of people. Just set up some blog with some contest that interests them (can be copied from other blogs) and they're not gonna suspect a thing. People might notice if you pretend to be their bank but are actually a phishing site, but they don't notice if you pretend to be a blog and are actually a blog that harvests their data just like any other website.

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