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Twitter also was one of the first hijacking links a long time ago.
How about stopping link hover from showing its own nonsense in the status line, Mozilla. The status line should always show the real link destination.
It could only know that by navigating to the link in the background. That would have side effects, like them being able to track you even when you don’t click on links.
Fine! If there’s Javascript fuckery going on, then the status line should say “WARNING: JAVASCRIPT FUCKERY!”
If the link is to a redirector then that’s what should show in the status line.
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But it doesn’t always point to the destination. Instead, it points to another page that then redirects you to the destination.
Your browser does not know the address of the destination, only the addresss of the middleman tracking webpage.
thats the website maker’s fault, not the browser’s
No it’s the browser’s fault for enabling the deception. You have to assume that any given website is malicious. The browser is a security product that is supposed to be on our side and protect us from evil websites. Blaming the website for exploiting protection failures puts the responsibility in the wrong place. It’s like taking counterfeit antibiotics, getting sick, and blaming the germs.
