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I'm curious how you get this to work: "Stops URL shorteners. Checks the links you click in Safari for well-known link shorteners — bit.ly, tinyurl.com, t.co (u
by rahimnathwani 4y ago
I'm curious how you get this to work:
"Stops URL shorteners. Checks the links you click in Safari for well-known link shorteners — bit.ly, tinyurl.com, t.co (used by Twitter), etc. — and loads the unshortened destination URL instead of the shortened URL. This occurs without setting any cookies or other site data, so you can't be tracked by your click."
How can you determine the destination without revealing any tracking info to the link shortening service? Unless you make the request from your backend, wouldn't the user's IP address be revealed to the shortening service, allowing it (or data brokers) to join it with other data about them?
- lapcat 4y agoThe IP address is revealed, yes. But there's no other data: no JavaScript, no referer headers, no cookies, URL tracking tags are removed before and after, etc. I don't have any backend. The extension code is all local on your device and doesn't phone home to me. I don't aim to provide VPN service.