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PSA: You might be unknowingly doxxing yourself by sharing links containing trackers (lemmy.ca)
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Earlier today I came across a Reddit comment with a link to an Instagram post. The link had ?igsh= at the end.

When I clicked on the link, I got this popup. It had a name and profile photo that was different from that of the post being shared.

Join Firstname Lastname on Instagram

See photos, videos, and more from Firstname Lastname.

[ Open Instagram ]

not now

I avoid link trackers. However, I did not realize it was this bad.

To my knowledge, TikTok does the same thing and lists the name of the person that shared the link. Assuming this increases engagement, any website could enable such a feature, even on old links that you shared in the past.

You should manually remove any trackers before sharing, or use an app for it.

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[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago

ClearURLs is the only thing that works for me. Adguard and Firefox have tracking removal features, but they don't seem to work most of the time.