Vexz@kbin.social to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 11 months agoYouTube adds tracking parameters to shared URLs that can be traced back to individual Google accountsnitter.netexternal-linkmessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1376arrow-down14
arrow-up1372arrow-down1external-linkYouTube adds tracking parameters to shared URLs that can be traced back to individual Google accountsnitter.netVexz@kbin.social to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 11 months agomessage-square58fedilink
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up73·11 months agoDo people use the share button rather than just copy the URL from the address bar? Am I just really old?
minus-squareTouching_Grass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up46·11 months ago Am I just really old? Sounds like you have cleaned a few trackballs in your days
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up26·11 months agoNow I just try to keep my regular balls clean.
minus-squareTigrisMorte@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·11 months agoPics or didn’t happen.
minus-squareTouching_Grass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·edit-211 months agoLemonpartyDOTcom
minus-squarelemming741@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·11 months agoLeave that shit on Reddit
minus-squareRovingFoxlinkfedilinkarrow-up31·11 months agoMany people use a phone and many people have youtube app on it.
minus-squareSandroHc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down2·11 months agoAn added benefit of the share button is that it generates a minified link – “https://youtu.be/abcde” instead of “https://youtube.com/watch?v=abcde”. I find it neater.
minus-squarePipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·11 months agoHere is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/abcde https://piped.video/watch?v=abcde Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
minus-squarelil@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoFirst link is 404, second link is not 404
minus-squarevariants@possumpat.iolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 months agoI always assume shortened links are viruses, at least that’s what got ingrained in me from the yearly security IT lectures
minus-squareflames5123@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-211 months agoThat is 100% wrong. Did you read the tweets or even look at a single YouTube URL? 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.
minus-squareCrayonRosary@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoI don’t have a choice when using the app, though I have been removing the tracker from the URL.
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·11 months agoShare is easier to do it at a specific time in the video. Like, you can manually add the “t=x” at the end for seconds, but it’s just easier to click the box to make the share button add it.
minus-squarecry@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoRight click on the video, there is an option to copy the video url at the time you want. As far as i can see it does not contain the account info.
minus-squareTigrisMorte@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·11 months agoOr you could just tell the person what to FF to.
Do people use the share button rather than just copy the URL from the address bar? Am I just really old?
Sounds like you have cleaned a few trackballs in your days
Now I just try to keep my regular balls clean.
Pics or didn’t happen.
LemonpartyDOTcom
Leave that shit on Reddit
Keep up the good fight, buddy
Good. You don’t want these tracked.
Many people use a phone and many people have youtube app on it.
An added benefit of the share button is that it generates a minified link – “https://youtu.be/abcde” instead of “https://youtube.com/watch?v=abcde”. I find it neater.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
https://piped.video/abcde
https://piped.video/watch?v=abcde
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
First link is 404, second link is not 404
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I always assume shortened links are viruses, at least that’s what got ingrained in me from the yearly security IT lectures
That is 100% wrong. Did you read the tweets or even look at a single YouTube URL?
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.
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I don’t have a choice when using the app, though I have been removing the tracker from the URL.
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Share is easier to do it at a specific time in the video.
Like, you can manually add the “t=x” at the end for seconds, but it’s just easier to click the box to make the share button add it.
Right click on the video, there is an option to copy the video url at the time you want. As far as i can see it does not contain the account info.
Or you could just tell the person what to FF to.