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Re: Iceweasel + NoScript: Google search results href anomaly

From Joel Rees <joel.rees@gmail.com>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: Iceweasel + NoScript: Google search results href anomaly
Date 2015-11-14 05:10 +0100
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On Sat, Nov 14, 2015 at 12:00 AM, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
<eduardo@kalinowski.com.br> wrote:
> On Qui, 12 Nov 2015, Safwat wrote:
>>
>> I am running NoScript + Iceweasel, and I observed something weird.
>> Consider a Google search result which has this "a href" value:
>>
>>
>> https://www.google.com/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello_(Adele_song)&sa=U&ved=0CCsQFjAIahUKEwjPuq3H34vJAhWDWhQKHW7eCbA&usg=AFQjCNHJRKExeuRwwdFmAKkJ6dH7qv_TeQ
>>
>> When I hover my mouse over it, the value instantly changes to
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello_%28Adele_song%29
>>
>> This should be impossible with NoScript, nothing should be able to
>> modify the DOM. Google is not white-listed.
>>
>> What's going on?
>
>
> Could it be NoScript itself, or another extension, changing the link to
> avoid Google tracking?
>

No. It's Google's search re-direction. Been happening for a long time.
My memory is also that it is being done by css rather than by
javascript.

-- 
Joel Rees

Be careful when you look at conspiracy.
Arm yourself with knowledge of yourself, as well:
http://reiisi.blogspot.jp/2011/10/conspiracy-theories.html

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Iceweasel + NoScript: Google search results href anomaly Safwat <softwatt@gmx.com> - 2015-11-12 22:10 +0100
  Re: Iceweasel + NoScript: Google search results href anomaly <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2015-11-13 13:10 +0100
  Re: Iceweasel + NoScript: Google search results href anomaly Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <eduardo@kalinowski.com.br> - 2015-11-13 16:10 +0100
    Re: Iceweasel + NoScript: Google search results href anomaly Safwat <softwatt@gmx.com> - 2015-11-13 18:00 +0100
    Re: Iceweasel + NoScript: Google search results href anomaly Joel Rees <joel.rees@gmail.com> - 2015-11-14 05:10 +0100
  Re: Iceweasel + NoScript: Google search results href anomaly Safwat <softwatt@gmx.com> - 2015-11-14 10:10 +0100
    Re: Iceweasel + NoScript: Google search results href anomaly <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2015-11-14 12:20 +0100
      Re: Iceweasel + NoScript: Google search results href anomaly Safwat <softwatt@gmx.com> - 2015-11-14 17:50 +0100
    Re: Iceweasel + NoScript: Google search results href anomaly Joel Rees <joel.rees@gmail.com> - 2015-11-15 01:00 +0100

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