Ask HN: Why does Google proxy links in an email?

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11 years ago

I'm testing a reset password link in a Rails app. When I click it from gmail.com, my firefox browser goes to

https://mail.google.com/_/scs/mail-static/_/js/k=gmail.main.en.piH2wZyhMOREGIBBERISH....

before routing to the /reset_password url. What is google doing with this URL proxying?

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