1782925 - Social media share buttons don't work on corporate.target.com with Private browsing

Status: NEW

(Core :: Privacy: Anti-Tracking, defect, P3)

Description

[Calin Tanase]

Attachment: target article.gif

Environment:
Operating system: Windows 10
Firefox version: Firefox Nightly 105.0a1 (2022-08-02) (64-bit)

Preconditions:
Private window open

Steps to reproduce:

1. Go to https://corporate.target.com/article/2022/05/target-scholars
2. Click on any of the social media buttons.
3. Observe the result.

Expected Behavior:
The user is redirected to that specific social media website in order to share the article.

Actual Behavior:
The article opens in a new tab.

Notes:

1. Video provided.
2. Reproducible in private window regardless of the ETP status.
3. Reproducible in normal window with ETP set to Strict.

Comment 1

[Thomas Wisniewski [:twisniewski]]

They're using AddThis for the buttons, so it's something we'll have to investigate for opt-in shimming.