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Rob--W / dont-track-me-google

Firefox and Chrome extensions to prevent Google from making links ugly.
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Decode base64-encoded URLs from Google News (news.google.com) #56

Open Rob--W opened 7 months ago

Rob--W commented 7 months ago

news.google.com uses a different form of encoding.

Example: https://news.google.com/articles/CBMihQFodHRwczovL3d3dy50LW9ubGluZS5kZS9uYWNocmljaHRlbi91a3JhaW5lL2lkXzEwMDMxMDYxNi91a3JhaW5lLWtyaWVnLXJ1c3NsYW5kLXdlbGNoZXMtemllbC12ZXJmb2xndC1wdXRpbi1taXQtZGVtLWx1ZnRhbmdyaWZmLS5odG1s0gEA?hl=de&gl=DE&ceid=DE%3Ade

Base64 part: CBMihQFodHRwczovL3d3dy50LW9ubGluZS5kZS9uYWNocmljaHRlbi91a3JhaW5lL2lkXzEwMDMxMDYxNi91a3JhaW5lLWtyaWVnLXJ1c3NsYW5kLXdlbGNoZXMtemllbC12ZXJmb2xndC1wdXRpbi1taXQtZGVtLWx1ZnRhbmdyaWZmLS5odG1s0gEA

Expected URL: https://www.t-online.de/nachrichten/ukraine/id_100310616/ukraine-krieg-russland-welches-ziel-verfolgt-putin-mit-dem-luftangriff-.html

IshraqFARHAN commented 2 weeks ago

The same issue exists for links on knowledge panels on the right sides of search results.