PSA on privuhcy
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If you run across a link with a regular "?utm_source=.." , that can not tell people anything about you. It simply tells the website "register one click onto this article coming from this specific newsletter we sent out". It does not tie this information to you.
With other tracking things, what is described here is absolutely possible though.
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Thank you so much for this notice. I use the copy doesn’t link option in Firefox but when sharing links from other applications it doesn’t have that feature.
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Most of my internetin' is done on mobile, because I'm very rarely at my desk, and when I am, I'm normally working on school. Are there any solutions to handling this easily on mobile without having to manually erase part of the pasted link when I go to send it to someone? A few people have mentioned that's it's not 100% guaranteed that the anything after ? Is worthless, so I don't know how to ensure I'm not breaking a link
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So annoying to always have to find out how far you can trim a URL before it breaks.
I mean that's part of the fun of surfing the web, you get to play a fun puzzle game of "How to Lobotomize a URL"
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I use an app called "Leon URL Cleaner" from F-Droid. Does a really good job removing tracking params, and only adds one extra step to sharing a URL.
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Most of my internetin' is done on mobile, because I'm very rarely at my desk, and when I am, I'm normally working on school. Are there any solutions to handling this easily on mobile without having to manually erase part of the pasted link when I go to send it to someone? A few people have mentioned that's it's not 100% guaranteed that the anything after ? Is worthless, so I don't know how to ensure I'm not breaking a link
I posted a comment above, but if you're android, check out leon. Super easy to use.
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Also leon
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There should be an extension that does this
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This is kinda true but also kinda fear mongering. UTM parameters are just to track where you clicked the link from. They're usually not dynamic, and don't contain anything about you personally. The example in the screenshot
utm_source=newsletteris probably added to all links in a company's newsletter email, so they can tell that people get to the page via the newsletter. -
Not very high priority to remove though. Nothing identfiable in the gran scheme I guess.
Generally, if it's just a plain word or something you can read easily, then it's safe to keep it. If it's a jumble of seemingly random letters, it's probably a tracking code of some sort.
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I did not know what those were for before seeing this but I remeber seeing "source=chat_gpt" next to a link to a source in a news article and thought that it was odd.
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There are URL shortener Apps on F-Droid. Simple share the link to this app and get a short link without this privacy mess.
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I use an app called "Leon URL Cleaner" from F-Droid. Does a really good job removing tracking params, and only adds one extra step to sharing a URL.
There's also URLCheck:
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Check out this cool video
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Most of my internetin' is done on mobile, because I'm very rarely at my desk, and when I am, I'm normally working on school. Are there any solutions to handling this easily on mobile without having to manually erase part of the pasted link when I go to send it to someone? A few people have mentioned that's it's not 100% guaranteed that the anything after ? Is worthless, so I don't know how to ensure I'm not breaking a link
Firefox mobile has plenty of add-ons that will just remove it for you
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Time to put new privacy laws in place or force politicans to do it
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this isn't a shitpost this community is being dragged through the mud by non-shitposts
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Everything after the "?" symbol can be removed without issue
https://youtube.com/watch?v=XfELJU1mRMg >>> https://youtube.com/watch
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this isn't a shitpost this community is being dragged through the mud by non-shitposts
Actually, it's a a bit of a shitpost. Anything after the '?' is an argument for the html request. Can and is used for tracking, but is also used for website functionality.
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There are URL shortener Apps on F-Droid. Simple share the link to this app and get a short link without this privacy mess.
