How can you track cookies across domains (like ebates.com)?
I was wondering how services can track cookies across domains. After doing a bit of research I was able to find that a common technique is to use redirects. That way if someone goes to site A and logs in, it'll redirect to site b, which will then set a cookie, then redirect to site A. I was looking at https://www.ebates.ca/ specifically, I was trying to look at the network tab to view redirects, but couldnt seem to see any. Another peculiar thing is that when you go to amazon (from ebates), the url has some referrer information in it, but they explicitly say on their site that they use cookies in order to ensure you get your discount.
Does anyone have an idea of how ebates really works? I know you can't access cookies from different domains (unless you use the redirect strategy), so I can seem to figure it out. Any insight is much appreciated!
session cookies cross-domain
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I was wondering how services can track cookies across domains. After doing a bit of research I was able to find that a common technique is to use redirects. That way if someone goes to site A and logs in, it'll redirect to site b, which will then set a cookie, then redirect to site A. I was looking at https://www.ebates.ca/ specifically, I was trying to look at the network tab to view redirects, but couldnt seem to see any. Another peculiar thing is that when you go to amazon (from ebates), the url has some referrer information in it, but they explicitly say on their site that they use cookies in order to ensure you get your discount.
Does anyone have an idea of how ebates really works? I know you can't access cookies from different domains (unless you use the redirect strategy), so I can seem to figure it out. Any insight is much appreciated!
session cookies cross-domain
asked Nov 23 '18 at 1:20
Shameel Abdullah
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I was wondering how services can track cookies across domains. After doing a bit of research I was able to find that a common technique is to use redirects. That way if someone goes to site A and logs in, it'll redirect to site b, which will then set a cookie, then redirect to site A. I was looking at https://www.ebates.ca/ specifically, I was trying to look at the network tab to view redirects, but couldnt seem to see any. Another peculiar thing is that when you go to amazon (from ebates), the url has some referrer information in it, but they explicitly say on their site that they use cookies in order to ensure you get your discount.
Does anyone have an idea of how ebates really works? I know you can't access cookies from different domains (unless you use the redirect strategy), so I can seem to figure it out. Any insight is much appreciated!
session cookies cross-domain
asked Nov 23 '18 at 1:20
Shameel Abdullah
12218
I was wondering how services can track cookies across domains. After doing a bit of research I was able to find that a common technique is to use redirects. That way if someone goes to site A and logs in, it'll redirect to site b, which will then set a cookie, then redirect to site A. I was looking at https://www.ebates.ca/ specifically, I was trying to look at the network tab to view redirects, but couldnt seem to see any. Another peculiar thing is that when you go to amazon (from ebates), the url has some referrer information in it, but they explicitly say on their site that they use cookies in order to ensure you get your discount.
Does anyone have an idea of how ebates really works? I know you can't access cookies from different domains (unless you use the redirect strategy), so I can seem to figure it out. Any insight is much appreciated!
session cookies cross-domain
session cookies cross-domain
asked Nov 23 '18 at 1:20
Shameel Abdullah
12218
asked Nov 23 '18 at 1:20
Shameel Abdullah
12218
asked Nov 23 '18 at 1:20
Shameel Abdullah
12218
asked Nov 23 '18 at 1:20
Shameel Abdullah
12218
asked Nov 23 '18 at 1:20
Shameel Abdullah
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