Wispy2891@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoMy "privacy" browser now adds an extra unique tracking URL to every link that I share, to advertise itself and track the opening ratelemmy.worldimagemessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1135arrow-down117file-text
arrow-up1118arrow-down1imageMy "privacy" browser now adds an extra unique tracking URL to every link that I share, to advertise itself and track the opening ratelemmy.worldWispy2891@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square35fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareWispy2891@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-249 minutes agoif i see domain.tld/garbage i have to assume they did it for tracking, not the opposite or for “shortening” it
minus-squarePrime@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·44 minutes agoNo, that’s wrong. All url shorteners work exactly like that. How did you get the initial link anyway?
if i see domain.tld/garbage i have to assume they did it for tracking, not the opposite or for “shortening” it
No, that’s wrong. All url shorteners work exactly like that. How did you get the initial link anyway?