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by tetrisgm 2604 days ago
Definitely the most creative code I'll be seeing this week! I realize this is really bad practice and likely to be fixed since it can be used for tracking users, but: are there any advantages to using CSS over Javascript, in theory?
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altfredd 2604 days ago
What exactly do you want to block here? The user clicked a form control, the form control sent a request to server. It is no different from clicking a link.

You know, that HTTP allows websites to "track" you each time you visit them, right? The horror!

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progval 2604 days ago
It probably works with ":hover" too
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ahje 2604 days ago
Yes, and the twitter link above suggests that this is already used for tracking in the wild.

That being said, if one is THAT worried about tracking then one should not be on the modern web, and should probably stick to using Lynx over TOR.

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mirekrusin 2604 days ago
It doesn't look like it's going to be easily fixable.
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