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[โ€“] _jonatan_@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

How exactly does one accidentally insert affiliate data on links? At some point someone wrote that code, which is malicious in itself, even if the activation was accidental.

[โ€“] Deletecat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It's also strange that it happened twice, first with amazon links, then they started injecting affiliate data for crypto platforms instead.