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Hyperlink auditing: where has my option to disable it gone?

June 6, 2019 admin Browsers, chrome, disable tracking, Edge, Firefox, HMTL, HTML5, hyperlink auditing, link, opera, ping, privacy, safari, track, tracking, URL

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2019 16:59:17 +0000

Hyperlink auditing is not a new way to track website users, but it could become more popular, as many browsers are taking away user options to disable it.

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The digital entropy of death: link rot

March 21, 2018 admin 101, 404, entropy, FYI, link, link rot, rot, shortening service

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 15:00:00 +0000

We take a look at how link rot risks turning every website into an unreachable island—locking crucial information away behind a plethora of broken links—and some of the security concerns that may arise as a result.

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