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> Latest Firefox rolls out Enhanced Tracking Protection 2.0; blocking redirect trackers by default Isnt that what is used with Google Search? For example if yo

• martin-adams 6y ago
  If that's true, surely that's going to play havoc for the Search Console
• tamwahba 6y ago
  It seems like the feature here is 'blocking' the trackers by deleting cookies from sites you haven't interacted with. It's not preventing the redirect as far as I understand.
• input_sh 6y ago
  More details here[0], but in short, they'll "block them" by deleting cookies and site data of redirect trackers every 24h, preventing long term profile building, while not breaking the redirects. There's also a "Google search link fix" recommended extension that fixes those URLs (replaces https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiE45DBuoTrAhUJP60KHb-LAgcQFjAAegQIAhAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSunday&usg=AOvVaw3AEEL2UuDK8DJPu1wtWera https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&c... to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday in your example). Also available for Chrome and Opera. [0] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Privacy/Redirect_Tracking_Protection https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Pri...
  • godzillabrennus 6y ago
    Those fixes still have to resolve the url. The best fix is using duck.com and getting off Google search.
    • ubercow13 6y ago
      Isn't is possible to resolve the URL locally? It looks like it's just part of the redirect URL in the example given above
      • ffpip 6y ago
        If you use uBlock Origin , go to My Filters and add this https://pastebin.com/M6Jah286 https://pastebin.com/M6Jah286
        • llacb47 6y ago
          That will probably break google maps and many other things. Just add this: google.*##+js(set, rwt, noopFunc)
          • ffpip 6y ago
            Hmmm.. I've been using Google Maps with that filter for over 6 months. What is breaking/supposed to break? I might have to remove the filters from all my machines.
            • llacb47 6y ago
              I would just be cautious defusing event listeners on the entire google.com, better to make filters specific when possible.
      • davidjade 6y ago
        I use this extension. It resolves the redirect locally. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/skip-redirect/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/skip-redirect...
• sleavey 6y ago
  I find this annoying and noticed this change a year or so ago. Google used to just give you the (as far as I could tell) unadulterated link. In fact, at the time I wondered how/if Google were actually able to track how many people clicked the top link in the results, because it seemed to be the real URL and stayed real even when clicked. I figured they either had so much faith in PageRank that they didn't need to monitor clicks, or they were hiding their tracking in a less obvious way. Anyway, does anyone know a way in Firefox to stop sites from changing a URL's target when it gets clicked? This seems like it should be an about:config option.
  • dangrossman 6y ago
    You may have noticed it a year ago but Google's been doing this redirect in their search results for 5+ years.
    • sleavey 6y ago
      Perhaps it's been that long after all, or, perhaps Firefox only started changing the target URL in the status box at the bottom left of the screen to the injected one in the past year or so?
  • ffpip 6y ago
    If you use uBlock Origin, add these (some reddit user suggested it, and it works) https://pastebin.com/M6Jah286 https://pastebin.com/M6Jah286
    • deleted 6y ago
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    • sleavey 6y ago
      That worked, thanks! I also added it for google.co.uk and it still works.
    • benhurmarcel 6y ago
      This breaks Google Maps.
• ffpip 6y ago
  Go to uBlock Origin and add these to My Filters https://pastebin.com/M6Jah286 https://pastebin.com/M6Jah286
  • niteshade 6y ago
    Thank you!