Vexz@kbin.social to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 7 months agoYouTube adds tracking parameters to shared URLs that can be traced back to individual Google accountsnitter.netexternal-linkmessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1406arrow-down14
arrow-up1402arrow-down1external-linkYouTube adds tracking parameters to shared URLs that can be traced back to individual Google accountsnitter.netVexz@kbin.social to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 7 months agomessage-square76fedilink
minus-squareflames5123@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·7 months agoHuh? That’s just wrong. youtube.com/watch?v=FOO&si=BAR would be shortened to just youtu.be/FOO?si=BAR The link to other people’s account is in the &si=BAR part. Probably standing for “share ID” or “source ID”or something. The shortened link is just the same as the long one with watch?v=FOO being included in the URL instead of the parameters.
Huh? That’s just wrong.
youtube.com/watch?v=FOO&si=BAR would be shortened to just youtu.be/FOO?si=BAR
The link to other people’s account is in the &si=BAR part. Probably standing for “share ID” or “source ID”or something. The shortened link is just the same as the long one with watch?v=FOO being included in the URL instead of the parameters.