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@Joe_[email protected] wrote:

Today I found out that google docs infects html exports with spyware, no scripts, but links in your document are replaced with invisible google tracking redirects. I was using their software because a friend wanted me to work with him on a google doc, he is a pretty big fan of their software, but we were both somehow absolutely shocked that they would go that far.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Thanks. Got it. Could a pihole potentially block this?

Edit: nvm then you just simply couldn't open the links.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Afaik there are browser extensions that find and replace these kinds of tracking links with the original ones.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Oh, right. Like clearURL and certain ublock origin lists?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

It's probably easy enough to write a script that will go through the generated HTML and just scrub out the Google.