Comment on PSA on privuhcy

Eheran@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Typically anything after the “?”. That’s where the parameters live. There are always exceptions.

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  • Zachariah@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There are many URLs that require parameters to load a resource (and aren’t necessarily tracking anything). With YouTube’s non-shortened links (for example), the video ID is after the ?, but is usually (but not always) immediately after.

    This:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

    Can be shortened to:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

    But no shorter.

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    • jawa21@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Nice try.

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    • Shareni@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      But no shorter

      youtube.com/w/dQw4w9WgXcQ

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      • Zachariah@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        yes, YouTube has shorter URL schemes, but given the scheme I was showing, the part after the ? can’t be removed

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    • Lionel@endlesstalk.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Mh5GJlFUCKgjo7ufdb2

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• FundMECFS@quokk.au ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Happy cake day

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• SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  There should be an extension that does this

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  • AtariDump@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/…/clearurls/

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  • GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    uBlock Origin with the appropriate filter list will do it for you, like this one: github.com/…/LegitimateURLShortener.txt

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• brbposting@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Might be able to use a Redirect Checker, like:

  Redirect-Checker.org

  or

  WhereGoes.com

  Wonder if this helps with TikTok who has these custom URLs that don’t have parameters, just creepy personalized ones

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