Comment on Neat trick for getting private info for Facebook, GMail, Twitter and Digg usersComments−DrewHintz15yChecking the color of <a> gives similar information. It's all client-side so you can do 40k+ URIs per second.Here's code I wrote to display the "digg this" button only to digg users: http://int2e.com/blog/improved-digg-integration-script/−glasner15yUnfortunately, the next version Firefox will block this hole, and I imagine other browsers will follow suit.http://hacks.mozilla.org/2010/03/privacy-related-changes-com...−pavel_lishin15yWhy is that unfortunate?−glasner15yI use visited links to personalize my site.There are definitely privacy implications when doing it on a large scale, but I wish there was a middle ground.
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Checking the color of <a> gives similar information. It's all client-side so you can do 40k+ URIs per second.
Here's code I wrote to display the "digg this" button only to digg users: http://int2e.com/blog/improved-digg-integration-script/
Unfortunately, the next version Firefox will block this hole, and I imagine other browsers will follow suit.
http://hacks.mozilla.org/2010/03/privacy-related-changes-com...
Why is that unfortunate?
I use visited links to personalize my site.
There are definitely privacy implications when doing it on a large scale, but I wish there was a middle ground.