Comment on PSA on privuhcy

• 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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      • Shareni@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I know, I was joking

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  • Lionel@endlesstalk.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Mh5GJlFUCKgjo7ufdb2

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