5mo ago

Is "copy link without tracking" working for you?

It doesn't seem to be doing anything for me, even on large websites like YouTube or Amazon, it basically just copies the link as-is.

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Do you have examples to compare? As in, does the URL even contain tracking information in the first place?
- Yes, for example Youtube video links are copied with the &pp= tracking information. Search for something on Youtube, right-click on a result title, and copy with or without tracking gives you the same thing (with the pp=).
  
  That feature removes parameters that are known to be used for tracking. It does not remove all query parameters willy-nilly. For example on youtube it should remove si, feature and kw parameters as well as a set of parameters on a list that applies to all websites. However, pp parameter is not in that to-be-removed list.
  As an example v parameter is for video id on youtube, it would be kinda silly if that was removed, so the feature kinda has to do some site specific action.

For me neither. I use it out of habit instead normal copy. But it never did anything for me. I have couple of security and privacy extensions installed, so I thought maybe one of them gets it in the way for some reason.
- I've tried it on a fresh profile without any extensions installed and it doesn't work there either.

The times ive tried it hasnt worked either. I simply rely on ublock origin and my pihole to protect me from the worsts out there.

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