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Re:Ask HN: What is with the new URLs on facebook.com? by grepfru_it on Sunday July 17, 2022 @10:51AM (#32127305)
Once upon a time, I would ship word docs with a remote image using a unique URL that I host. When someone opens the word doc (and accepts remote images) the URL is fetched and I know when someone opened a doc that was destined for a particular recipient.

It's quite interesting when the doc intended for a specific recipient is opened in 15 different geographical areas. Even more interesting when that specific recipient was under an NDA.

My question to you is if this should be made illegal? (since it is the same action facebook appears to be doing)

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Re:Ask HN: What is with the new URLs on facebook.com? by akagusu on Monday July 18, 2022 @11:19AM (#32139377)
I didn't know Facebook was protecting documents under NDA.

Can you provide references?

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Re:Ask HN: What is with the new URLs on facebook.com? by grepfru_it on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @08:35PM (#32159820)
Oh apologies I didn’t realize it was only Facebook that would be specifically targeted in the law. By all means, please continue!
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