Vexz@kbin.social to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 11 months agoYouTube adds tracking parameters to shared URLs that can be traced back to individual Google accountsnitter.netexternal-linkmessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1397arrow-down14
arrow-up1393arrow-down1external-linkYouTube adds tracking parameters to shared URLs that can be traced back to individual Google accountsnitter.netVexz@kbin.social to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 11 months agomessage-square76fedilink
minus-squareSandroHc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down2·11 months agoAn added benefit of the share button is that it generates a minified link – “https://youtu.be/abcde” instead of “https://youtube.com/watch?v=abcde”. I find it neater.
minus-squarePipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·11 months agoHere is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/abcde https://piped.video/watch?v=abcde Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
minus-squarelil@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoFirst link is 404, second link is not 404
minus-squareflames5123@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-211 months agoThat is 100% wrong. Did you read the tweets or even look at a single YouTube URL? youtube.com/watch?v=FOO&si=BAR would be shortened to just youtu.be/FOO?si=BAR The link to other people’s account is in the &si=BAR part. Probably standing for “share ID” or “source ID”or something. The shortened link is just the same as the long one with watch?v=FOO being included in the URL instead of the parameters.
minus-squarevariantslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·11 months agoI always assume shortened links are viruses, at least that’s what got ingrained in me from the yearly security IT lectures
An added benefit of the share button is that it generates a minified link – “https://youtu.be/abcde” instead of “https://youtube.com/watch?v=abcde”. I find it neater.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
https://piped.video/abcde
https://piped.video/watch?v=abcde
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
First link is 404, second link is not 404
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That is 100% wrong. Did you read the tweets or even look at a single YouTube URL?
youtube.com/watch?v=FOO&si=BAR would be shortened to just youtu.be/FOO?si=BAR
The link to other people’s account is in the &si=BAR part. Probably standing for “share ID” or “source ID”or something. The shortened link is just the same as the long one with watch?v=FOO being included in the URL instead of the parameters.
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I always assume shortened links are viruses, at least that’s what got ingrained in me from the yearly security IT lectures