├── README.md
├── disable_outgoing_link_tracking.js
├── icon_128.png
├── icon_16.png
├── icon_48.png
├── manifest.json
└── popup.html


/README.md:
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 1 | # Stop Tracking Me on Reddit
 2 | 
 3 | 
 4 | ## How to get it
 5 | 
 6 | ### Install in Chrome
 7 | 
 8 | https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/stop-tracking-me-on-reddi/cbebgcijnnddaopldijabckkahpbimgi
 9 | 
10 | 
11 | 
12 | ## Short description
13 | 
14 | Reddit tracks every outbound link you click, even if you are logged out. Protect yourself from tracking with this extension.
15 | 
16 | 
17 | ## Long description
18 | 
19 | Reddit is tracking every out-going link you click. Even if you are not logged in, every news article, image, or website you visit from
20 | Reddit is being recorded. 
21 | 
22 | I made this because there wasn't any other Chrome extension that would block Reddit link tracking in August, 2016.
23 | If you are logged in, there is an option to disable link tracking in the Reddit preferences. If you are not logged in there is no way to disable tracking without using this extension.
24 | 
25 | 
26 | ## How to contribute
27 | 
28 | ### Use this GitHub project
29 | 
30 | 
31 | ## Keywords
32 | 
33 | Reddit, privacy, tracking, do not track.
34 | 
35 | 
36 | 
37 | ## Technical Explanation
38 | 
39 | Reddit uses link tracking by replacing outgoing links to https://out.reddit.com/. This is not obvious because when users hover the mouse over a link they see the final destination and not the tracking URL.
40 | 
41 | This extension disables tracking by replacing link URLs to https://out.reddit.com/ with the real destination.
42 | 
43 | 


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/disable_outgoing_link_tracking.js:
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 1 | 
 2 | /* 
 3 | Disable Reddit's ability to track which out-going links are clicked.
 4 | 
 5 | Methods
 6 | 1. Change expiration time of outbound links.
 7 | 2. Replace outbound URL with the real URL.
 8 | */
 9 | 
10 | var anchors = document.getElementsByTagName("a");
11 | 
12 | for (i=0;i<anchors.length;i++) {
13 | 	var thisAnchor = anchors[i];
14 | 
15 | 	thisAnchor.dataset.outboundExpiration = 1337; 
16 | 
17 | 	if (thisAnchor.getAttribute("data-outbound-url") && thisAnchor.getAttribute("data-href-url")) {
18 | 		thisAnchor.setAttribute("data-outbound-url", thisAnchor.getAttribute("data-href-url"));
19 | 	}
20 | 
21 | }
22 | 
23 | 


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/manifest.json:
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 1 | {
 2 |   "manifest_version": 2,
 3 | 
 4 |   "name": "Stop Tracking Me on Reddit",
 5 |   "description": "Reddit tracks every outbound link you click, even if you are logged out. Protect yourself from tracking with this extension.",
 6 |   "version": "1.0",
 7 |   "icons": {"16":"icon_16.png",
 8 |   	"48":"icon_48.png",
 9 |   	"128":"icon_128.png" },
10 |   
11 |   "content_scripts": [
12 |     {
13 |       "matches": ["http://*.reddit.com/*", "https://*.reddit.com/*"],
14 |       "js": ["disable_outgoing_link_tracking.js"]
15 |     }
16 |   ],
17 | 
18 |   "homepage_url": "http://www.morningstarsecurity.com/",
19 | 
20 |   "browser_action": {    
21 |     "default_popup": "popup.html",
22 |     "default_icon": "icon_128.png"
23 |   },
24 | 
25 |   "permissions": [    
26 |     "http://*.reddit.com/",
27 |     "https://*.reddit.com/"
28 |   ]
29 | }


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/popup.html:
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 1 | <!doctype html>
 2 | <!--
 3 |  This page is shown when the extension button is clicked, because the
 4 |  "browser_action" field in manifest.json contains the "default_popup" key with
 5 |  value "popup.html".
 6 |  -->
 7 | <html>
 8 |   <head>
 9 |     <title>Stop Reddit Tracking Me</title>
10 |     <style>
11 |       body {
12 |         font-family: "Segoe UI", "Lucida Grande", Tahoma, sans-serif;
13 |         font-size: 70%;
14 |       }
15 |       #status {
16 |         /* avoid an excessively wide status text */
17 |         white-space: pre;
18 |         text-overflow: ellipsis;
19 |         overflow: hidden;
20 |         max-width: 700px;
21 |       }
22 |     </style>
23 | 
24 |     
25 |   </head>
26 |   <body>
27 |         
28 |     <p>You are protected. Reddit is not tracking every outgoing link you click.</p>
29 |     
30 |   </body>
31 | </html>
32 | 
33 | 


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