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Facebook introduces another way to track you - Link History (www.malwarebytes.com)

submitted 10 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@beehaw.org

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[–] PenguinTD@lemmy.ca 9 points 10 months ago (3 children)

            
              I don't install Facebook app on phone and find ways to remove/disable if come pre-installed.
Pretty much all social network platform are browsed with a container tab.
I look at the link before I click, if it's super long or some google redirecting shit I just DDG and search the keywords myself. (is there a firefox extension that does this automatically?? removing the redirect/tracking link and convert back into normal link)

[–] Smoke@beehaw.org 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

a firefox extension that does this automatically?? removing the redirect/tracking link and convert back into normal link)

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/utm-eraser/

[–] PenguinTD@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Thank you so much. :D

edit: I ended up using this one that has more users. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/remove-fbclid-and-utm

[–] bobslaede@feddit.dk 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

In Firefox, at least desktop, you can right click, and copy link without tracking stuff.

Edit: havent tried with links from Facebook

[–] Goopadrew@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago

Not sure if it automatically changes Facebook links, but the Facebook container extension is good at removing other tracking that Facebook does through news sites and such