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Tuxman:
In April 2019, Chrome-based browsers lost their ability to disable hyperlink tracking, resulting in major security/privacy problems.

I wrote a Chrome extension that removes hyperlink trackers right from the HTML code.

Chrome Web Store: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/unping-all-the-links/dcjpehalmoajcikojdkmfgncbbgadkkj
Code repository: https://hub.darcs.net/dertuxmalwieder/unping_all_links

Enjoy.

mouser:
oh nice!

Deozaan:
I didn't know hidden pinging in links like that was a thing! Worrisome that all the major vendors are enabling it by default, with no way to disable it! :'(

But there is some good news for folks who use Firefox or Brave:

Going forward, if privacy is important to you and you want to reduce the risk of being tracked online, then you will need to use Firefox or Brave.
-https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/major-browsers-to-prevent-disabling-of-click-tracking-privacy-risk/
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Tuxman:
I doubt that Mozilla won't change that. They even removed the "enable JavaScript" checkbox long ago, and they are continuously evaluating new ways to hurt your privacy.

Deozaan:
Also, it looks like even though Vivaldi has it enabled by default, you can still disable it (for now):

vivaldi://flags/#disable-hyperlink-auditing

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