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Discussion on: How do "public but secret" URLs work

 
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Nitzan Aviram

I am not sure that those URLs are 100% secret. Browser extensions and desktop applications can technically record the visited URLs and hand them off to sesrch engine robots. I don't have an idea at all if it is happening in practice.
It is just an idea that is technically possible, so don't panic:). But I wouldn't be surprised if it does happen, whould you?

Have you seen that SimilarWeb that lists Domains that the users of the website also visited. This is how people can know the internal dashboards of companies, cause they workers surf to the dasboards just after visiting the external sites.