HiramFromTheChi@lemmy.world to Firefox@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoFirefox now supports clean URLs with the new "Copy link without site tracking" optionmessage-squaremessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1205arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1203arrow-down1message-squareFirefox now supports clean URLs with the new "Copy link without site tracking" optionHiramFromTheChi@lemmy.world to Firefox@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square37fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareYtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up27·1 year agoThey should make this the default.
minus-square👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down2·1 year agoOr a setting that makes it the default. I don’t like any software I use to destroy data (even tracking data) without my say so.
minus-squarefaintwhenfree@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoHmm, I agree with you 100%, but power of defaults is how big companies get average consumers. Maybe Firefox should make it default with a setting to turn it on? A setting titled “allow copying of tracking data”, a lot of people won’t allow. Fight fire with fire.
minus-squareContend6248@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoOpt-out then, the majority won’t care
minus-squarecorbin@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoIt’s not the default because it can break links sometimes, like links that have authentication details in the parameters.
minus-squarebitwolf@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-21 year agoThere’s an addon I use for the Android version that does this by default. It does miss some queryparams though but it dramatically reduces the URL size for the big offending sites.
minus-squarebitwolf@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agohttps://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/clearurls/
minus-squareMeldrik@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoDoesn’t it just clean up the link or does Firefox actually know which part of the link to remove?
minus-squareMeldrik@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoHow does it know what part of the link is the site tracking?
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoLooks like it has a list of global and site specific parameters that it is safe to remove.
minus-squareakilou@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoBut default is putting your cursor in the address bar and hitting ctrl-c. How would Firefox clean it like that?
minus-squareEuphoma@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoIf it removes the tracking from the link before the page loads, it could work. So it would already be clean when you copy it.
They should make this the default.
Or a setting that makes it the default.
I don’t like any software I use to destroy data (even tracking data) without my say so.
Hmm, I agree with you 100%, but power of defaults is how big companies get average consumers. Maybe Firefox should make it default with a setting to turn it on?
A setting titled “allow copying of tracking data”, a lot of people won’t allow.
Fight fire with fire.
Opt-out then, the majority won’t care
It’s not the default because it can break links sometimes, like links that have authentication details in the parameters.
There’s an addon I use for the Android version that does this by default.
It does miss some queryparams though but it dramatically reduces the URL size for the big offending sites.
What is it?
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/clearurls/
Doesn’t it just clean up the link or does Firefox actually know which part of the link to remove?
What do you mean?
How does it know what part of the link is the site tracking?
Looks like it has a list of global and site specific parameters that it is safe to remove.
But default is putting your cursor in the address bar and hitting ctrl-c. How would Firefox clean it like that?
If it removes the tracking from the link before the page loads, it could work. So it would already be clean when you copy it.