Wispy2891@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months 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-square44fedilinkarrow-up1152arrow-down118file-text
arrow-up1134arrow-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 months agomessage-square44fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareloutr@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·2 months 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-up2·2 months agoJust tried sharing to WhatsApp, using the Firefox share button, on android. Link is normal.
minus-squareloutr@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months 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-up1·2 months 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 months agoAh interesting! That explains why I don’t see it!
minus-squareWispy2891@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down13·2 months 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