Link Cloaking – Paranoia or Necessity?

At the end of April, ClickBank announced a “new-look” site, AND a new feature called the “HopLink Shield”, a free tool that encrypts the affiliate and vendor nicknames in their HopLinks.

Instead of having
» affiliate.vendor.hop.clickbank.net
as your hoplink, you can now ALSO have an encrypted version which would look like this:
» a6af6wg3z2bjruenjfsb3v0o9l.hop.clickbank.net/

According to ClickBank,

“this adds an extra layer of privacy and anonymity to HopLinks, keeping affiliates’ promotional efforts and techniques hidden from others.”

According to me…

This means …

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