Reddit will soon begin tracking which links you click upon

https://np.reddit.com/r/changelog/comments/49jjb7/reddit_change_click_events_on_outbound_links/

created by cojoco on 09/03/2016 at 05:21 UTC

244 upvotes, 6 top-level comments (showing 6)

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Comment by cojoco at 09/03/2016 at 05:21 UTC

22 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Thanks /u/Pastries

https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/49kc0g/reddit_will_soon_start_logging_which_outbound/

Comment by Nechaev at 09/03/2016 at 05:55 UTC

41 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Oh good! More potential privacy concerns.

Comment by fight_for_anything at 09/03/2016 at 11:14 UTC

9 upvotes, 2 direct replies

can the tracking of this data be blocked by using incognito mode, or other measures?

how about a browser extension that prevents you from clicking a link, and instead takes the "click input" and instead of actually clicking the link, executes a macro to copy the url, open a new tab, then paste & go in the new tab address bar?

Comment by secretchimp at 09/03/2016 at 08:17 UTC

10 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Gotta get the cash, gotta get the dough

Comment by shaggorama at 09/03/2016 at 15:33 UTC

6 upvotes, 1 direct replies

I'm frankly just surprised they weren't doing this already.

Comment by inio at 09/03/2016 at 15:51 UTC

1 upvotes, 1 direct replies

I have a "recently viewed links" box in my sidebar that implies they're already doing this...