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to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago

YouTube adds tracking parameters to shared URLs that can be traced back to individual Google accounts

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YouTube adds tracking parameters to shared URLs that can be traced back to individual Google accounts

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  • tal@lemmy.today
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    This extension will automatically remove tracking elements from URLs to help protect your privacy when browsing through the Internet.

    Firefox:

    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/clearurls/

    Chrome:

    https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/clearurls/lckanjgmijmafbedllaakclkaicjfmnk/

    • Nate@programming.dev
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      Heads up, I had to remove this extension on my browser because some websites would get stuck in a redirect loop because it’d remove the tracking stuff it’d use in a redirect chain. Took me months to figure out what was causing it

  • i_shot_the_sherry@lemmy.world
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    I believe Spotify is doing something similar.

    Would be nice if social networks and messengers would automatically strip these parameters.

    • noodle (he/him)@lemm.ee
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      adding this list to uBlock Origin helps: https://github.com/DandelionSprout/adfilt/blob/master/LegitimateURLShortener.txt

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