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> you can add images, using data-uris

Seems like a good way to detect when someone opens the console.

Edit: Actually I am wrong

Data-uris don't make network requests.

There's a slight possibility that you could construct an SVG that would load another resource, but it shouldn't (as in RFC 2119 "MUST NOT") be possible.

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