How exactly are you getting these in the first place? I just tried to share the url but it didn’t do anything odd.
It’s Firefox, and there’s a new “sharing” option in the menu that contains a toggle to disable this
JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 month ago
stoy@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Does this happen when you copypaste the URL?
Because messing with the clipboard is a really scary thing.
Wispy2891@lemmy.world 1 month ago
No, only when using the share button
stoy@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
I see you took the screenshot on your phone, I just tried it on mine and had no issues getting the proper link, even after updating it as I wrote this comment.
Can you describe more about where you encountered it?
loutr@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
It’s only for links shared via WhatsApp for some reason. Not sure how they know you’re sharing to WhatsApp…
Wispy2891@lemmy.world 1 month ago
They detect sharing on WhatsApp and inject the tracking link only on that case. It didn’t do this yesterday so there’s a chance it’s on a/b testing
Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 1 month ago
Then just don’t use it? Just copy the link from the url bar, the link is not even unique and it’s the same for everyone and other than that you can delete the link so i don’t see the problem, is really that wrong for a browser that risk to be oppressed by the chrorium monopoly to advertise itself? It’s not even invasive…
loutr@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Sharing is much quicker than copy/pasting manually, especially with direct share targets.
It might not be the end of the world, but Mozilla really should have made the “feature” opt-in, or at least give us a heads up.
Wispy2891@lemmy.world 1 month ago
They promote themselves as a privacy browser, so they should have placed a splash screen “help us spread”, with the toggle to add the ads in my chats. Having that link on by default is not pretty, especially in WhatsApp conversations where you share ten links
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
There’s a ESR release.
solomonschuler@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Don’t use Firefox, as in, don’t use the official Mozilla release, even that has gone to shit. Pretty much everything has gone to shit, in terms of search results and web browsers. I use librewolf (a fork of firefox) on my laptop and Ironfox on my phone they both by default come with the security features by default. No AI generation built in the browser, no Firefox suggestions, no tracking, none of it. I’ve also stopped using standard search engines like google or DDG and replaced it with marginalia search. This combination has allowed me to eliminate AI generated content and tracking from my browsing experience.
victorz@lemmy.world 1 month ago
DDG tracks its users?
dusty_raven@discuss.online 1 month ago
factually.co/…/does-duckduckgo-track-you-809f45
blog.ssuiteoffice.com/…/duckduckgo-privacy-contro…
tldr; DDG specifically allows Microsoft, a company that profits from collecting specific user data, to collect some (anonymous) user data through its ad program.
I don’t think it’s proven that DDG creates user profiles like Google does, more that there is a concern that they receive their money from Microsoft, or that they have agreements with Microsoft to send them any data in the first place.
victorz@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Very interesting, thank you for providing this info! 🙏
arin@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Here is a sanitized Firefox fork librewolf.net
CaptSatelliteJack@lemy.lol 1 month ago
Librewolf my beloved
hornedfiend@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
There’s Waterfox as well, but I still prefer Librewolf.
victorz@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Why’s that? Asking as a Firefox user.
dabster291@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Don’t forget Ironfox for mobile!
arin@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Thanks! I like their limitations page