HiramFromTheChi@lemmy.world to Firefox@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoFirefox now supports clean URLs with the new "Copy link without site tracking" optionmessage-squaremessage-square97fedilinkarrow-up11.28Karrow-down18file-text
arrow-up11.27Karrow-down1message-squareFirefox now supports clean URLs with the new "Copy link without site tracking" optionHiramFromTheChi@lemmy.world to Firefox@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square97fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMeldrik@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 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-up4·1 year agoHow does it know what part of the link is the site tracking?
minus-squareBlackmistlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoLooks like it has a list of global and site specific parameters that it is safe to remove.
minus-squarebitwolf@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoGenerally, most are variables prefixed with utm_ They likely built an index from most of the Analytics services also.
minus-squareDogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 year agoI think it’s a combination of things, a basic approach of removing the query string (after the question mark) with exceptions for different sites that might need some of the query string.
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.
Generally, most are variables prefixed with
utm_They likely built an index from most of the Analytics services also.
I think it’s a combination of things, a basic approach of removing the query string (after the question mark) with exceptions for different sites that might need some of the query string.