Wispy2891@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 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-square47linkfedilinkarrow-up1163arrow-down122file-text
arrow-up1141arrow-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 · 13 days agomessage-square47linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaretowerfullinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·13 days agoYou sure it’s not WhatsApp that’s link-shortening?
minus-squareWispy2891@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·13 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-squaretowerfullinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 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