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Untracker - URL tracking parameter remover (f-droid.org)
submitted 11 months ago by unloaded1641@lemm.ee to c/fdroid@lemmy.ml
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App to help you remove tracking information before sharing links.

Features:

  • Untrack when sharing: You may share links to “Untracker” in the sharesheet to remove tracking information and copy or share again.
  • Select to untrack: You may select text and click “Untrack” in the selection toolbar to remove tracking information and replace.
  • Manage rules: You may control or add rules to remove tracking information with JavaScript code.

https://github.com/zhanghai/Untracker

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[-] QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 14 points 11 months ago

works at Google

makes anti-tracking software

Hmm, create the problem and sell the solution, well played...

Jk, doing something like this despite working at Google is freaking admirable, the guy even put a screenshot of "untracking" a YouTube URL in the project's README, lol.

Btw, I thought I'd seen this name before and he's the same guy behind the awesome Material Files!

[-] otter@lemmy.ca 7 points 11 months ago

I think being paid well makes it easier to commit time towards FOSS projects, so a lot of contributors are from similar backgrounds

[-] otter@lemmy.ca 7 points 11 months ago

How does this compare to URLCheck?

[-] stepanzak@iusearchlinux.fyi 1 points 11 months ago

I'm was wondering about the same thing. It would also be awesome if they had some sort of URLCheck integration.

[-] coffee_poops@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago

This could be really good if it could expand shortened links. Tiktok links have a creepy amount of tracking that can be easily bypassed by expanding the link and removing the tracking params.

[-] coffee_poops@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

Turns out that you can!

Expand Tiktok URLs

if ($.matches(url, '(www\\.)?tiktok\\.com')) {
    return $.followRedirect(url);
}

Remove tracking params

if ($.matches(url, '(www\\.)?tiktok\\.com')) {
    return $.setEncodedQuery(url, null);
}
this post was submitted on 17 Dec 2023
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