What is DirectLinks?

DirectLinks is a Chrome extension developed by Unknown, and its main feature is "Makes indirect links on Google and Facebook direct.".

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Extension Usage Instructions

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.

Extension Basic Information

Name	DirectLinks
ID	jmmlehkhepchhogkchmcmkedebfaebia
Official URL	https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/directlinks/jmmlehkhepchhogkchmcmkedebfaebia
Description	Makes indirect links on Google and Facebook direct.
File Size	227 KB
Installation Count	191
Current Version	2.0
Last Updated	2018-09-12
Publish Date	2018-09-12
Rating	5.00/5 Total 2 Ratings
Developer	Unknown
Payment Type	free
Extension Website	https://github.com/au5ton/DirectLinks
Supported Languages	en
manifest.json
{ "update_url": "https:\/\/clients2.google.com\/service\/update2\/crx", "manifest_version": 2, "name": "DirectLinks", "version": "2.0", "description": "Makes indirect links on Google and Facebook direct.", "icons": { "16": "icon16.png", "48": "icon48.png", "128": "icon128.png" }, "content_scripts": [ { "matches": [ "" ], "js": [ "injected.js" ] } ] }