DirectLinks

SUMMARY

This extension circumvents certain techniques used by Google and Facebook to track link clicks. When you click a link in Google search results, Google uses JavaScript to replace the actual link with an indirect one, which they use for click tracking. Google then redirects the browser to the actual destination after logging the click. DirectLinks disables the JavaScript that replaces real links with indirect ones, so that when you click a search result link, Safari goes straight to the destination. The extension does something similar for links in Facebook posts: it removes JavaScript that Facebook uses to track clicks on these links.

The latest version of DirectLinks is available on the Chrome web and is currently being used by 181 active users. The initial version was launched on 2018-09-12.

HOW TO INSTALL DirectLinks FROM A CRX FILE

1. Download DirectLinks CRX file
2. NOTE: Sometimes the browser may block downloading / installing CRX file from outside the Chrome Web Store. If so, you may need to download the ZIP file instead
3. In the URL bar, go to chrome://extensions
4. Enable Developer mode

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