Post #1869866
2026-03-23 04:27 UTC
@geolaw @ahasty google fonts suggests you use them on your website by using an html blob that downloads it from their servers. They can track what IP downloads what, though it’s unclear how that would be useful to them.
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@ahasty@techhub.social 2026-03-23 04:35
@cinebox @geolaw So when you have a google font encoded into your website, this is done as a CSS link in the headers of your site. When someone loads your page, their browser goes out to the fonts.google.com link in your website and says "Hey google, I am {IPADDRESS}, and {WEBSITE} told me to come here and get {font}. Google then delivers a font file and they get to know not only what person(ip and browser) visited but also what site sent them there and when. I would imaging this is pretty useful to know for a company that is selling target ads. All for the bargain basement price of hosting a font file.