georgeharito, 4 months ago

@codinghorror if they also have a sick sense of humour, they will also stuff all the utm_* query params with nefarious values ;)

meejah, 4 months ago

@codinghorror Firefox does this now :)
("Copy without site tracking")

noodle, 4 months ago

@meejah @codinghorror Firefox truely loves you q.e.d

http_error_418, 4 months ago

@noodle @meejah @codinghorror can you confirm @FirefoxNightly ?

pavo, 4 months ago

@meejah @codinghorror this is great but i can also imagine it will break a lot of sites, like HN

meejah, 4 months ago

@pavo @codinghorror What would it possibly "break"?

pavo, 4 months ago

@meejah @codinghorror All HN links are done with queryparams
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39266396

meejah, 4 months ago

@pavo @codinghorror okay. and...?

meejah, 4 months ago

@pavo @codinghorror Did you try it? Did you read anything about the feature? Does it indeed "break" HN?

pavo, 4 months ago

@meejah @codinghorror it does not. how does that work? is it only certain params it removes?

meejah, 4 months ago

@pavo @codinghorror yes, only "tracking" params. Obviously a bit of an arms race, like most privacy measures, but if it does break a web site please use their form to report that

xahteiwi, 3 months ago

@codinghorror I must be "really" loving so many people. 😁

Dracodare, 4 months ago

@codinghorror What’s querystring nonsense?

codinghorror, 4 months ago

@Dracodare I believe in your ability to use Google and figure this one out. You got this!!

ton, 4 months ago

@codinghorror always doing it. for mankind.

codinghorror, 4 months ago

@ton 🫡

diffiehellmanstan, 4 months ago

@codinghorror I do this when copying Reddit links to share with friends, as I assume that the "deeplink" that shows up in the query is a tracker of some sort. Plus, it just looks nicer.

da_667, 4 months ago

@codinghorror nah. Friends don't let friends give more data to advertisers.

orizuru, 4 months ago

@codinghorror
I'm heartbroken :(
https://infosec.exchange/@codinghorror/111881564495466058

codinghorror, 4 months ago

@orizuru I fixed it! Look, we all make mistakes!!

gryzor, 4 months ago

@codinghorror like this? 😘

codinghorror, 4 months ago

@gryzor ouch my apologies let me edit

gryzor, 4 months ago

@codinghorror All my love are belong to you.

codinghorror, 4 months ago

@gryzor 🤗

thomasfuchs, 4 months ago

@codinghorror fwiw

Lee_Holmes, 4 months ago

@codinghorror Amazon etc. have started to become smarter by offering a "share" icon that strips all of that junk. I don't know why other platforms (like search engines) don't.

Oh, and CMS platforms. You should see how many blogs are out there with their links still enshrined in phishing protection URLs because they copied them out of their email.

jernej__s, 4 months ago

@codinghorror

webreflection, 4 months ago

@codinghorror that assumes that the average Web surfer (or any Web targeting tech, really) has any clue about this ... I keep doing that but my less tech-oriented circles that share links all over the place have no idea 😢

I keep telling them but they see just numbers here and there and it's a dead-end conversation.

jerzone, 4 months ago

@codinghorror

And YT analytic bs: si=hyX9aModo50DGJnQ

AllRoads1337toPWN, 4 months ago

@codinghorror When someone pretends to love you, they send affiliate links.

secretgeek, 4 months ago

@codinghorror best is to customise it with weird random stuff that put them on a watchlist

codinghorror, 4 months ago

@secretgeek chaotic evil response

doragasu, 4 months ago

@codinghorror Ah yeah, that's real love!

taketwo, 4 months ago

@codinghorror
Firefox loves its users. They build a function that does this.
We just need more parameters added to this function, so they get removed.

jaykass, 4 months ago

@codinghorror TIL Firefox loves me.

ahimsa_pdx, 4 months ago

@codinghorror Yes! Unless it's a gift link…