https://archive.is/erlbr
I was browsing a gaming sub earlier when I noticed that the outgoing links redirected through out.reddit.com. I checked a few other subs and it appears to be site-wide at this point.
I don't really stay up-to-date on happenings but figured this was old enough to probably warrant mentioning again.
There is a few workarounds if you still value your privacy on that site.
Add these to your filters in uBlock Origin
events.redditmedia.com
out.reddit.com
And just to be certain, add this script to GreaseMonkey
// ==UserScript==
// @name Fuck Reddit
// @description Probably removes Reddit spying
// @match *://*.reddit.com/*
// @run-at document-end
// ==/UserScript==
(function() {
"use strict";
$(".outbound").attr("data-outbound-url", null);
$(".outbound").attr("data-href-url", null);
$(".outbound").removeClass("outbound");
})();
Alternatively clean your ref links in Firefox in about:config and use the Smart Referrer plugin.
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[–] luckyguy ago
out.reddit.com would be a privacy improvement in one sense. The domain you visit normally would be able to read the referer header and see what subreddits you are into. This is why a lot of chans use things like dereferer.org. If reddit wanted to know your click habbits they would have no time figuring it out. Engagement stats are cleaner and more meaningful data anyway and they can get that from your comments. That means it's something you cared about enough to drive some behavior/effort which is what marketers care about.