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gcr
81 days ago
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Tell HN: X is opening any tweet link in a webview ...
Does this mean an attacker can turn any impression into any GET request?
netsharc
81 days ago
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It'd be an interesting way to count how many impressions your tweets get: add a URL to every tweet, put a tracking "pixel" in the webpage (assuming the webview loads all assets; if not, then just add the "pixel' URL to the tweet..
modeless
81 days ago
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There's an impression counter on every tweet, visible to everyone
netsharc
80 days ago
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All ad networks also claim the ad you pay them to show got n impressions, according to their calculations, here's the bill...
hshdhdhehd
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Make the pixel a zip bomb for lols
efreak
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Advertising landing page full of CPI ads?
stillatit
81 days ago
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Not sure how much of an attack that is. FWIW the preloading is nice as a user.
lysp
81 days ago
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Is the request coming from the user's IP or via a Twitter proxy?
As a plain webview would mean that you can grab everyone's details.
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