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Firefox now supports clean URLs with the new "Copy link without site tracking" option (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago by hiramfromthechi@lemmy.world to c/firefox@lemmy.ml
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No need to remove the URL tracking parameters manually. ๐Ÿฅณ

Firefox copy link without site tracking

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[โ€“] YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH@infosec.pub 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They should make this the default.

[โ€“] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Or a setting that makes it the default.

I don't like any software I use to destroy data (even tracking data) without my say so.

[โ€“] faintwhenfree@lemmus.org 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Hmm, I agree with you 100%, but power of defaults is how big companies get average consumers. Maybe Firefox should make it default with a setting to turn it on?

A setting titled "allow copying of tracking data", a lot of people won't allow.

Fight fire with fire.

[โ€“] LufyCZ@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

This just:

  1. Encourages companies to try to work around it

  2. More importantly, possibly breaks important functionality

[โ€“] uis@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It's like saying GDPR encourages companies to try work around data protection, so it should not be implemented.

[โ€“] Contend6248@feddit.de 0 points 11 months ago

Opt-out then, the majority won't care

[โ€“] lapommedeterre@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Semi-off-topic, but is there anything like a smarter clipboard on Android that can remove tracking details on paste (would be different from a plain paste)?

[โ€“] polle@feddit.de 0 points 11 months ago

Why would i ever have a link with tracking?

[โ€“] RickyRigatoni@lemmy.ml 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Is there an about:config setting to make this the default action or are we gonna have to be patient for that?

[โ€“] hiramfromthechi@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

I looked for it in about:config, but I couldn't narrow it down and see which parameter it was (if it's even in there at all yet).

Also searching for this answer. https://lemmy.world/comment/5626130