Wispy2891@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 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-square47fedilinkarrow-up1164arrow-down122file-text
arrow-up1142arrow-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 · 4 days agomessage-square47fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaretowerful@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 days agoYou sure it’s not WhatsApp that’s link-shortening?
minus-squareWispy2891@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down4·4 days agoYes because the option to remove the advertisement link is inside Firefox. It might be that meta and Mozilla got some monetary agreement and this is even worse
minus-squaretowerful@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoAh, I missed that part of the conversation
You sure it’s not WhatsApp that’s link-shortening?
Yes because the option to remove the advertisement link is inside Firefox. It might be that meta and Mozilla got some monetary agreement and this is even worse
Ah, I missed that part of the conversation