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It would be sufficient to GET a resource that uses a script to POST the side-effect. Slack's user-agent probably isn't sophisticated enough to mess this up (although heaven help us when they implement their preview with something like headless chrome).

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What would the problem be in just showing a button that says "Confirm unsubscribe" that sends a POST request? A lot of sites does something like that for their newsletter unsubscription.

That would comply with GDPR, and is a valid solution.

It is at least better than asking the email or something even to login to unsubscribe ("update communication preference")

I believe asking to login violates the CAN-SPAM Act. That being said, there might be two links, one for "update commication preference" on top and "unsubscribe" in small text at the bottom. I always ignore the first and seek the latter.

I like the one-click URLs though. It irritates me to no end to click unsub, then wait for a page to load then repeat my intention.

I'm actually much more concerned when I don't have to click the link. It let's me know they haven't thought the problem through and what other errors and problems are there in their systems?

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