Vexz to [email protected] • 1 year agoYouTube adds tracking parameters to shared URLs that can be traced back to individual Google accountsnitter.netmessage-square76arrow-up1405arrow-down14
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink19•1 year ago This extension will automatically remove tracking elements from URLs to help protect your privacy when browsing through the Internet. Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/clearurls/ Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/clearurls/lckanjgmijmafbedllaakclkaicjfmnk/
minus-squareNatelinkfedilinkEnglish8•1 year agoHeads up, I had to remove this extension on my browser because some websites would get stuck in a redirect loop because it’d remove the tracking stuff it’d use in a redirect chain. Took me months to figure out what was causing it
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•1 year agoThis is built-in to firefox rightclick menu when copying the URL, no extension needed. Less extensions means less fingerprint
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•1 year agoThat’ll address the case where one is copy-pasting an URL, but not where following existing links.
Firefox:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/clearurls/
Chrome:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/clearurls/lckanjgmijmafbedllaakclkaicjfmnk/
Heads up, I had to remove this extension on my browser because some websites would get stuck in a redirect loop because it’d remove the tracking stuff it’d use in a redirect chain. Took me months to figure out what was causing it
This is built-in to firefox rightclick menu when copying the URL, no extension needed. Less extensions means less fingerprint
That’ll address the case where one is copy-pasting an URL, but not where following existing links.