Useful reminder on a way you can reduce the data you expose when sharing links. Similar url simplifications work for lots of other websites too.
Firefox has an option called ‘Copy Without Site Tracking’ that does this automatically.
Firefox has an option called ‘Copy Without Site Tracking’ that does this automatically.
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Jason Kikta
If you share a link from X, the value after ?t= is used to track who shared the link
So if you are a reporter and not trimming that off, you are essentially helping Elon Musk build a social graph of your sources
Usually anything from the first ? onwards in a link are unnecessary parameters anyway
So if you are a reporter and not trimming that off, you are essentially helping Elon Musk build a social graph of your sources
Usually anything from the first ? onwards in a link are unnecessary parameters anyway
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