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Read-only mirror of Grayjay repo for issue tracking
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Please add tracking removal from sharing links #1004

Open n3rdcub opened 6 months ago

n3rdcub commented 6 months ago

YouTube started adding tracking parameters unique to your account to your shared links so it can be traced back to you. Meaning, they will know whom you share it with, who interacts with it, which accounts on other websites use the same parameter. Basically if you share a YT video here with a link created with your unique identifiers, Google will tie your SG account with your Google accounts.

This encrypted identifier starts with "si=" in the link, looks like this. It's easy to get rid of it on PC by either deleting that part before sharing or Firefox has a new feature for this kind of situations (Copy Without Site Tracking).

It's tricky on mobile. Youtube's mobile app will add your parameters when sharing.

fmjrey commented 1 month ago

I definitely support this feature. NewPipe removes those pesky parameters going in and out. Removing parameters, or more generally transforming input and output URLs, is probably something that could benefit all plugins/sources.