Chrome-Stats extension
DirectLinks
Makes indirect links on Google and Facebook direct.
What is DirectLinks?
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Summary
This extension circumvents certain techniques used by Google and Facebook to track link clicks.
When you click a link in Google search results, Google uses JavaScript to replace the actual link with an indirect one, which they use for click tracking. Google then redirects the browser to the actual destination after logging the click. DirectLinks disables the JavaScript that replaces real links with indirect ones, so that when you click a search result link, Safari goes straight to the destination.
The extension does something similar for links in Facebook posts: it removes JavaScript that Facebook uses to track clicks on these links.
User reviews
BIOS-Pherecydes, 2023-09-07Safety
Risk impact
DirectLinks is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
DirectLinks has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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