Gmail is opening and caching URLs within emails without user intervention (2019)

Re:Gmail is opening and caching URLs within emails without u... by obuda on Friday August 20, 2021 @11:21AM (#28247061)

Yeah, I don't know about that. Wouldn't it be that the query strings differentiate the two links?

I assume so, because of an old trick where query strings are used for ad-hoc cache control as in /style.css?1629472765

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Re:Gmail is opening and caching URLs within emails without u... by eyelidlessness on Saturday August 21, 2021 @02:19AM (#28254699)

You’re right, I wasn’t paying close enough attention. That’s what I get for reading HN mostly on my phone!

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Re:Gmail is opening and caching URLs within emails without u... by rrjanbiah on Friday August 20, 2021 @12:22PM (#28247824)

Query string is to differentiate the links (to understand which case is getting triggered)

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Re:Gmail is opening and caching URLs within emails without u... by obuda on Friday August 20, 2021 @12:40PM (#28248084)

OK, but then the prefetch link as it stands is useless, no?

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