@Joe_0237@fosstodon.org 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.
Google Docs exports automatically infected with tracking links:
txt - unaffected html + AFFECTED odt - unaffected pdf - unaffected epub + AFFECTED rtf - unaffected docx - unaffected
sample web html tag:
https://wikimediafoundation.org/
sample epub xhtml tag:
https://wikimediafoundation.org/
Afaik there are browser extensions that find and replace these kinds of tracking links with the original ones.
Oh, right. Like clearURL and certain ublock origin lists?