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Does this mean an attacker can turn any impression into any GET request?


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netsharc11/04/2025

It'd be an interesting way to count how many impressions your tweets get: add a URL to every tweet, put a tracking "pixel" in the webpage (assuming the webview loads all assets; if not, then just add the "pixel' URL to the tweet..

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stillatit11/04/2025

Not sure how much of an attack that is. FWIW the preloading is nice as a user.

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