Vexz@kbin.social to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoYouTube adds tracking parameters to shared URLs that can be traced back to individual Google accountsnitter.netexternal-linkmessage-square80fedilinkarrow-up1401arrow-down14
arrow-up1397arrow-down1external-linkYouTube adds tracking parameters to shared URLs that can be traced back to individual Google accountsnitter.netVexz@kbin.social to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square80fedilink
minus-squareSandroHc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down2·1 year 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-squarePipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·1 year agoHere is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/abcde https://piped.video/watch?v=abcde Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
minus-squarelil@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoFirst link is 404, second link is not 404
minus-squarevariants@possumpat.iolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year agoI always assume shortened links are viruses, at least that’s what got ingrained in me from the yearly security IT lectures
minus-squareflames5123@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-21 year agoThat is 100% wrong. Did you read the tweets or even look at a single YouTube URL? youtube.com/watch?v=FOO&si=BAR would be shortened to just youtu.be/FOO?si=BAR The link to other people’s account is in the &si=BAR part. Probably standing for “share ID” or “source ID”or something. The shortened link is just the same as the long one with watch?v=FOO being included in the URL instead of the parameters.
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.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
https://piped.video/abcde
https://piped.video/watch?v=abcde
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
First link is 404, second link is not 404
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I always assume shortened links are viruses, at least that’s what got ingrained in me from the yearly security IT lectures
That is 100% wrong. Did you read the tweets or even look at a single YouTube URL?
youtube.com/watch?v=FOO&si=BAR would be shortened to just youtu.be/FOO?si=BAR
The link to other people’s account is in the &si=BAR part. Probably standing for “share ID” or “source ID”or something. The shortened link is just the same as the long one with watch?v=FOO being included in the URL instead of the parameters.
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