Vexz to Privacy@lemmy.ml • 2 years agoYouTube adds tracking parameters to shared URLs that can be traced back to individual Google accountsnitter.netmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1318arrow-down14
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minus-square@jaybone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink60•2 years agoDo people use the share button rather than just copy the URL from the address bar? Am I just really old?
minus-square@Touching_Grass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink43•2 years ago Am I just really old? Sounds like you have cleaned a few trackballs in your days
minus-square@jaybone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink23•2 years agoNow I just try to keep my regular balls clean.
minus-square@octoperson@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink9•2 years agoIf you use youtube on a mobile app rather than a browser, it doesn’t have an address bar
minus-square@SandroHc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink5•2 years 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-square@CrayonRosary@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•2 years agoI don’t have a choice when using the app, though I have been removing the tracker from the URL.
minus-square@givesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years 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-squarecrylinkfedilink1•2 years 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.
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.
If you use youtube on a mobile app rather than a browser, it doesn’t have an address bar
Never use an app for what should be a web page.
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.
I don’t have a choice when using the app, though I have been removing the tracker from the URL.
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.