FYI Reddit is spying on which outgoing links you click on by redirecting them through https://out.reddit.com (x-post /r/KotakuInAction)

i was looking around how to block out.reddit.com and found this on reddit and wanted to share.

As to know about reddit's new monitoring tactics and how to fix it (credit goes to TA-4c89d5e2, Martin Brinkmann, and fortified_concept in his article here): Userscript: // ==UserScript== // @name Don't track my clicks, reddit // @namespace http://ift.tt/1LrHThv // @author OperaSona // @match ://.reddit.com/* // @grant none // ==/UserScript==

var a_col = document.getElementsByTagName('a'); var a, actual_fucking_url; for(var i = 0; i < a_col.length; i++) { a = a_col[i]; actual_fucking_url = a.getAttribute('data-href-url'); if(actual_fucking_url) a.setAttribute('data-outbound-url', actual_fucking_url); }

If using uBlock Origin, add to "My filters" If using Adblock, go to option then customize, add to "Manually edit your filters" if using Adblock plus, go to option, add to "Add your own filters"

or

otherwise block these domains by adding them to your HOSTS file just to be thorough:

^{events.redditmedia.com out.reddit.com}

^{Using Scripts} First you install the Tampermonkey addon on Chrome or Greasemonkey addon on firefox and then do the following:

^{Adding it to Tampermonkey} To add the Reddit click tracking blocking script using Tampermonkey, do the following: Click on the Tampermonkey icon in the browser's address bar and select "add a new script" from the selection menu. Copy and paste the script listed above into the editor. Make sure you replace all information that Tampermonkey adds on its own in the process. Click on the save button at the top.

^{Adding it to Greasemonkey} Greasemonkey is supported as well. To add the script to the extension, do the following:

Click on the down arrow icon next to the Greasemonkey button in the browser and select New User Script. Fill out the name only and click on okay. This opens the main editor where you paste the full userscript in. Click on the save button in the end.

by desi_fubu http://ift.tt/2aeS3FJ