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[–] 9 points 6 months ago (3 children)

LinkedIn loads an invisible tracking element ... zero pixels wide, hidden off-screen, that sets cookies on your browser without your knowledge

Uh, what? Hidden "off-screen"? In a browser? I've been doing web dev for decades and have no idea what that means. Can someone explain how this is supposed to make any kind of sense?

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  • [–] 13 points 6 months ago

    I presume they're talking about an element with something like this: position: absolute; left: -50px; width: 0px; height 0px;

    Very commonly used for elements like skip to content links that are hidden off screen and shown on screen once they receive focus.

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