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TexanFeller
75 days ago
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A new spam policy for “back button hijacking”
When I first heard of the APIs that allowed websites to modify browser history it sounded like a huge mistake. I still feel that way to this day.
dylan604
75 days ago
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It only made sense in the SPA way of working. Allowing the history to be updated would allow the browser's default navigation to work. Outside of SPA type of sites, it was only ever going to be abused.
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