Vexz to [email protected] • 1 year agoYouTube adds tracking parameters to shared URLs that can be traced back to individual Google accountsnitter.netmessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up1385arrow-down14
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoI always assume shortened links are viruses, at least that’s what got ingrained in me from the yearly security IT lectures
minus-square@flames5123link4•edit-21 year 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.
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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
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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