Vexz@kbin.social to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 10 months agoYouTube adds tracking parameters to shared URLs that can be traced back to individual Google accountsnitter.netexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down10
arrow-up134arrow-down1external-linkYouTube adds tracking parameters to shared URLs that can be traced back to individual Google accountsnitter.netVexz@kbin.social to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 10 months agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months 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-squareNate@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months 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-squareTheSun@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoThis is built-in to firefox rightclick menu when copying the URL, no extension needed. Less extensions means less fingerprint
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