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Firefox now supports clean URLs with the new "Copy link without site tracking" option (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years 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 2 years ago (1 children)

They should make this the default.

[โ€“] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 2 years ago (1 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 2 years ago

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€“] lapommedeterre@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years 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€“] Transcendant@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Firefox user for many, many, many years. I tried chrome once and was dismayed at how sluggish it was, hogging ram & cpu.

FF just gets better and better with every update. I'm amazed that more people aren't using it.

[โ€“] RickyRigatoni@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years 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 2 years 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

[โ€“] speaker_hat@lemmy.one -1 points 2 years ago

I'm curious whether this sweet feature alone will decrease data greedy websites revenue in $ millions