Nemeski@lemm.ee to AndroidEnglish · 3 months agoGoogle's mysterious 'search.app' links leave Android users concernedwww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down12cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zipinfosec_news@infosec.pub
arrow-up146arrow-down1external-linkGoogle's mysterious 'search.app' links leave Android users concernedwww.bleepingcomputer.comNemeski@lemm.ee to AndroidEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square10fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zipinfosec_news@infosec.pub
minus-squareTurtleTourParty@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up65·3 months agoTldr: google is now adding tracking via a URL shortener to every link shared via the share menu in chrome.
minus-squaresunzu2@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·3 months agoYeah they have been getting rather aggressive with link tracking, I am pretty sure you can’t share a reddit link anymore or atleast I have not figured how to remove tracking.
Tldr: google is now adding tracking via a URL shortener to every link shared via the share menu in chrome.
Yeah they have been getting rather aggressive with link tracking, I am pretty sure you can’t share a reddit link anymore or atleast I have not figured how to remove tracking.