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by philsnow 2131 days ago
> they send links in Gmail through a redirect to protect referrer info

The iOS Gmail app does this as well -- is it really to protect the referrer? What's the referrer in the case of a webview? I had thought that it was so they could track what people click on, but they must get that information with even higher fidelity from the native app...