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skatkov / acart

Amazon product bundler and shortener (open sourced failed side-project)
https://www.acart.to
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Verify that HTTP_REFERRER is being passed. #36

Closed skatkov closed 4 years ago

skatkov commented 4 years ago

Verify that we're passing http_referrer with every redirect, same it is described here: https://www.geni.us/amazon-safe

Otherwise, our users could risk losing their account -- since we will qualify as "cloaking" service.

skatkov commented 4 years ago

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26016053/how-to-redirect-web-page-from-a-specfic-page-in-sinatra

skatkov commented 4 years ago

Out competitor does this:

https://www.geni.us/amazon-safe

This line from the Amazon.com Associates Operating Agreement just states that you cannot use links that obscure the referring site, preventing Amazon from seeing where clicks originated. Geniuslink conforms to this by preserving the referrer information and passing it on to Amazon with each click.

now we're doing this too!