Comment on All Social Medias Track Urls

CptHacke@piefed.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Pissmidget@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Removing all query parameters is not the solution. They can be used for tracking, but not necessarily.

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  • CptHacke@piefed.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    If you have a better solution, I’m sure we’d all appreciate it. :)

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    • funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      test the link before sending

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    • Pissmidget@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Using Firefox, you can simply “copy clean link” like mentioned here.

      Otherwise, learn about query strings, and make an educated guess.

      As for apps on various app stores for cleaning links, I have a general aversion to installing random apps, so I can’t help or recommend anything.

      If you want to stop them from tracking you, nothing you do to the link will stop them. This can only prevent sites from seeing who you share their link with. Notice I say can, not will. Even my sleep deprived mind can think of a few different ways to write this functionality without using query strings in an afternoon or less.

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• sahin@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Reddit now copies without the ‘?’ but the copied url has tracking in it. Because when I open the url in browser, the page opens and then I see the tracking id. Before that, it is a simple url, with encrypted data

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  • IntrovertTurtle@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Stop using reddit

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    • sahin@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I would love to, but I am having trouble finding sublemmies, the news and meme sublemmies have too much space in my feed.

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      • zarkanian@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        You can find subs on lemmyverse.net.

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