Wispy2891@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days 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-square37fedilinkarrow-up1142arrow-down117file-text
arrow-up1125arrow-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 · 2 days agomessage-square37fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareloutr@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·2 days agoIt’s only for links shared via WhatsApp for some reason. Not sure how they know you’re sharing to WhatsApp…
minus-squareAcamon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoJust tried sharing to WhatsApp, using the Firefox share button, on android. Link is normal.
minus-squareloutr@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 hours agoWell I tried it before commenting, and I see the same thing as OP… I’m on Firefox stable 145.0.1.
minus-squareAcamon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 hours agoWeird. I’m on 145.0.1 (Build #2016126887), I even tried going to arstechnica.com in case it only happened on certain websites, but the urls Firefox shares to whatsapp are totally normal for me. Some sort of A/B testing?
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoAh interesting! That explains why I don’t see it!
minus-squareWispy2891@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down12·2 days agoIf the link it’s the same for everyone then they should have definitely used firefox.com or a dedicated domain, not domain.tld/garbage
It’s only for links shared via WhatsApp for some reason. Not sure how they know you’re sharing to WhatsApp…
Just tried sharing to WhatsApp, using the Firefox share button, on android. Link is normal.
Well I tried it before commenting, and I see the same thing as OP… I’m on Firefox stable 145.0.1.
Weird. I’m on 145.0.1 (Build #2016126887), I even tried going to arstechnica.com in case it only happened on certain websites, but the urls Firefox shares to whatsapp are totally normal for me. Some sort of A/B testing?
Ah interesting!
That explains why I don’t see it!
If the link it’s the same for everyone then they should have definitely used firefox.com or a dedicated domain, not domain.tld/garbage