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[arcanetrivia]

shatterstripes via kistaro: LiveJournal is altering (some) posted links via JavaScript to insert a redirecting "wrapper" -- for what tracking or ad-based purposes, we do not know. Also it seems inconsistent as to when it appears; comments suggest people using Firefox often didn't experience it, while IE seemed consistent, but others claimed to (I haven't seen it, myself).

edit: How to "opt out" (I'd rather call it "defeat this" since it's not a "click here to opt out" kind of thing, however un-advertised). BTW I have now seen it myself on Firefox with AdBlock, so don't think that combination will help (without adding blocking of the script).

Comments

[pennswoods.livejournal.com]

Thanks for linking to this info.

[lilyevans-snape.livejournal.com]

That seems pretty effing messed up to me!

[feyandstrange.livejournal.com]

Yet another reason to be glad I'm using Dreamwidth for most things.

I wonder if the code only works on IE browsers, but I don't wonder enough to actually go find out. Because ew.

[dancinglights.livejournal.com]

sneaky sneaky opt-out instructions http://caffeinepuppy.livejournal.com/214632.html