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-square40fedilinkarrow-up1157arrow-down122file-text
arrow-up1135arrow-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-square40fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarePrime@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·edit-216 hours agoIs that a unique tracking link? It looks more like a regular short link. I call fake news on this one.
minus-squareWispy2891@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·18 hours agothere’s no reason to use a “short” link when it’s longer than the real “long” link
minus-squarePrime@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·18 hours agoPerhaps, but that does not mean it’s not the case.
minus-squareWispy2891@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-215 hours 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-up2arrow-down1·14 hours agoNo, that’s wrong. All url shorteners work exactly like that. How did you get the initial link anyway?
Is that a unique tracking link? It looks more like a regular short link. I call fake news on this one.
there’s no reason to use a “short” link when it’s longer than the real “long” link
Perhaps, but that does not mean it’s not the case.
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?