Linus_TorvaldsFirefox starting to remive tracking parameters from shared URLs
Ooh. I hope this can be set as the default for ‘Copy Link’ and then I can just have the tracking when I actually want it.
have the tracking when I actually want it.
So never? I agree defaulting it would be great as long as it doesn’t falsely remove anything.
redfellowNot all queryparameters are tracking, so the option to copy the actual href of the hyperlink is useful.
gkdYea, existing extensions get things wrong sometimes. I’m sure this will be the same - especially if sites start changing things to temporarily circumvent. Needs to be an easy way to grab the real URL just in case.
ZeroCoolThat’s awesome! I use the Clear URLs extension and it does a great job but it’ll be nice to have this capability baked in.
Had no idea something existed for this, I’m forever deleted annoying tracking info from links. Mozilla continues to impress me with their privacy additions… latest update notified me about email masking which looks like it’ll be a major boon once I work out how to use it.
Clear URL is great. Beware that it can break some login and payment sites though. The Addon unfortunately lacks a whitelist so you have to turn it on and off, so it’s easy to forget to turn back on.
Great stuff. Firefox swinging the big dick about lately.
SturgiesYrFaseJust slappin the table with that fuckin toddler’s leg.
brandishing that baby arm holding an apple
Baby arm holding an apple, or an apple holding a baby arm?
The Giant KoreanThe John Holmes of browsers
jackpotJohn Holmes.
ChrisLichtYou probably know him as Johnny Wadd.
deegeeseDon’t “who?” when they have a Wikipedia page.
Imagine being immortalised forever on Wikipedia with the sentence “… Was known for his exceptionally large penis”
Tried it yesterday. Not working on Amazon links quite yet, hopefully the feature improves. Would love the ability to toggle it for default.
Free Palestine 🇵🇸Based Firefox
Would love to see this becoming a default !
FartsWithAnAccentFucking fantastic, People’s browser gets better and better!
This may be difficult to maintain as some query parameters might be necessary. How will they be sure they’re not stripping essential elements? Won’t this become an arms race to mask tracking elements as “legitimate” looking parameters?
Awesome if they can pull it off, though.
StumblinbearThere are common, well-known tracking parameters that Google uses such as the ones starting with “utm_”
most of the time sharing utm links isn’t helpful to the origin as if you copy a link from your email it’ll have medium=email, but actually should now be medium=direct
Anything is better than nothing. Besides, it’s still useful because you can see where the original link was copied from, and you still have the referrer header
Won’t this become an arms race to mask tracking elements as “legitimate” looking parameters?
Maybe, but only like 3% of people are using Firefox so, maybe not?
OrbituaryA uBlock style community sourced list would be a great way to address this. Once it’s in prod, an addon would be next.
There already is an addon called ClearURLs
Thanks!
charlesWill it work for Gmail’s link hijackers where it routes you first to Google then forwards you to the actual site?
meseek #2982It’s a shame they went for the additional option rather than a persistent setting that would always strip it from a URI.
Hoping that this is just testing for that to come.
Ublock can strip it from the URL automatically, though if the website checkw this it might block stuff :/
Would need some deeper integration to be able to separate the URL bar the Website sees and the one you see. (like the current separation of the DOM)
Would need some deeper integration to be able to separate the URL bar the Website sees and the one you see. (like the current separation of the DOM)
If Apple can do it, Mozilla can do it: zdnet.com/…/how-to-remove-tracking-info-from-link…
andrew_bidlawAnother fine addition would be a cut of redirecting trash. If you post some link in some soc network, it would sometimes replace it with it’s own link going through an outbound clicks tracker, safety pages ‘Do you really want to follow it?’ or just block you saying the link seems malicious.
If I’m a 3%er, can I choose not to have it?
There is an Extension called FastForward which skips ad-link redirectors.
Not sure if thats what you mean.
Not sure if thats what you mean.
Gonna try it, thanks.
Found what you need, not sure if it works for specifically Gmail though: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/skip-redirect/
I think Gmail on Android does this. Any link you click on in the app Firefox shows you the initial Google address before you go to the link you clicked on.
If you copy and paste the URL this doesn’t happen.
BASED
I’ll be honest and say that I’d rather the browser not modify the URLs I want to share.
Unless it’s an option…
lortyIt’s literally the option above…
Oh hehe, serves me right for not reading TFM.
This should be default, or at least a switch, that if enabled, all links copied without tracking.
BTW i was thinking, isnt there a simple app or service, that does only this: listen for links in clipboard, if a link added, automatically removes tracking params, and replaces with that on clipboard?
IMO this shouldn’t be default, since it messes with the link you’re copying, not only because of the potential to break.
Good move
Yeah ok but my affiliate links what happens to them?
Valid question. Im short: They will stop working.
You are getting downvoted for the question because most people here think that you shouldn’t use them. And they might be right.
LCP🙏
Happy to see this.
Neat. Now we need a built-in AMPutator.
Is AMP still a thing? I haven’t seen it in ages.
I don’t use Google so maybe that’s why, but I hadn’t even seen it on Reddit or Lemmy in more than a year I believe.
Oh man. I see it all the time. People share amp links on social all the time.
I see it pretty often. But most of the time, if an “AMPutator” bot doesn’t reply, someone usually mentions it and says to stop sharing AMP links and provides links to information about it.
It’s good to see, but most people still aren’t aware of it, and most of those people wouldn’t care much. We all need to keep a lookout and always be ready to inform and teach others about it. It’s good to have articles about how AMP is bad for everyone (except google) saved so we can quickly share them every time we see someone share an AMP link.
How does firefox determine which params are trackers and which params are required data?
gecko-dev/toolkit/components/antitracking/data/StripOnShare.json at d677b10f3c3bd25840ba9707e77b9e25d8ccbbd3 · mozilla/gecko-dev
Read-only Git mirror of the Mercurial gecko repositories at https://hg.mozilla.org. How to contribute: https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/contributing/contribution_quickref.html - mozilla/geck...
So how long before they start changing the param names? Lol
Right now you have to go out of your way to select the “Copy without tracking params” from the context menu. It’s not like it threatens Google’s business model
If they do start changing them you’ll need a uRemoveTheGoddamnTrackingParamsOrigin
You mean this? addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/…/clearurls/
