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Remove tracking information before sharing links

App to help you remove tracking information before sharing links.

Features:

  • Untrack when sharing: You may share links to “Untracker” in the sharesheet to remove tracking information and copy or share again.
  • Select to untrack: You may select text and click “Untrack” in the selection toolbar to remove tracking information and replace.
  • Manage rules: You may control or add rules to remove tracking information with JavaScript code.

https://github.com/zhanghai/Untracker

  • QuazarOmega@lemy.lol
    14·
    1 year ago

    works at Google

    makes anti-tracking software

    Hmm, create the problem and sell the solution, well played…

    Jk, doing something like this despite working at Google is freaking admirable, the guy even put a screenshot of “untracking” a YouTube URL in the project’s README, lol.

    Btw, I thought I’d seen this name before and he’s the same guy behind the awesome Material Files!

    • Otter@lemmy.caEnglish
      7·
      1 year ago

      I think being paid well makes it easier to commit time towards FOSS projects, so a lot of contributors are from similar backgrounds

    • Bronco1676
      1·
      1 year ago

      Was about to mention that URLCheck is really good, it has also more stuff than just remvoing tracker params.

      I’ve set it as a default browser since a while and the weird stuff you catch, is really worth it. You can also quickly edit the URL you are about to open.

  • coffee_poops@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    This could be really good if it could expand shortened links. Tiktok links have a creepy amount of tracking that can be easily bypassed by expanding the link and removing the tracking params.

    • coffee_poops@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      Turns out that you can!

      Expand Tiktok URLs

      if ($.matches(url, '(www\\.)?tiktok\\.com')) {
    return $.followRedirect(url);
}

      Remove tracking params

      if ($.matches(url, '(www\\.)?tiktok\\.com')) {
    return $.setEncodedQuery(url, null);
}