Application Security and Permissions
A faster, better link shim

A faster, better link shim

9/14/2012 · Ari Chivukula

What this post added

Introduced a new link shim implementation that pre-checks all links on a page for maliciousness before sending them to the browser, rather than checking only clicked links after a delay. This change leverages the 'meta referrer' feature in modern browsers to restrict the amount of source URL information shared with external sites, improving both performance (saving ~1 second per click) and privacy.

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