How did you "notice" a suspicious element in the inspector? Do you routinely look at the DOM?

I did webdev for a long time, so yeah. If you want the story, I was looking into guix on asahi and ended up on https://www.asahi-guix.org/ which didn’t load anything, so I checked the page source and noticed the element.

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fg137 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Thanks. Not sure what's with the downvotes. That was a genuine question.

(I used to do a lot of web development and probably know dev tools better than most people here. However I almost never look at the DOM of a webpage I don't own)

	▲	hn_throwaway_99 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Text doesn't transmit tone well. FWIW I interpreted your comment as having somewhat accusatory intent, especially the scare-quoted "notice", for implying the author didn't just happen along his discovery and that he wasn't being fully truthful in his explanation of how he discovered this info.

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ronsor 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> Do you routinely look at the DOM?

You don't?

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explodes 2 hours ago | parent [-]

> Be kind. Don't be snarky. Converse curiously; don't cross-examine. Edit out swipes.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Reading other comments, I noticed that this was a legitimate question.

	▲	Dylan16807 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Are you saying that [You don't?] is cross-examining/swipe, but [How did you "notice"] isn't? I wouldn't highly object to either but if I had to pick one I'd definitely clear the former.

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madeofpalk 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I do. Then again, I’m a web developer so looking at the DOM is my day job.

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cluckindan 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The extension injects its ”gimme money” elements even on localhost pages.