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		yosamino on Sept 27, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Prevent Google from mangling search result links w... I recently noticed addons.mozilla.org also tracks links using this method. If you scroll down to "Add-on Links" the links to "Homepage" and "Support site" go to `https://outgoing.prod.mozaws.net/v1/8a4c4de845953bc85d10c6465c5c0f11210b5ca1c195b70d7ddfcf8b74592477/https%3A//clearurls.xyz/` and `https://outgoing.prod.mozaws.net/v1/8a4c4de845953bc85d10c6465c5c0f11210b5ca1c195b70d7ddfcf8b74592477/https%3A//wiki.clearurls.xyz/` respectively, instead of going to the page directly. Why Mozilla? Why are you tracking us ? Of all the pages...

account42 on Sept 30, 2021 [–]

This is the "privacy friendly" company that adds google analytics to their sites while enrolling users in experiments and collecting telemetry without informed consents. Why are you surprised?

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