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by gary_0 1832 days ago
And they get loaded down with query string fields for analytics. I kill those with https://github.com/ClearURLs/Addon
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I wonder if there is a similar extension that leaves in the UTM parameters but fills them with curse words and other sophomoric junk data.
Good idea, but risky if not done right or not adopted by many people. You'd be increasing your specificity and therefore the ability to track you.
Good point. If you’re the only user with utm_origin=boogers&utm_medium=poop, it’ll be trivial to connect you between websites. It’s all automated, so there’s slim to no chance of making a server admin chuckle while checking the logs, unfortunately.
I keep checking to see when this add-on will get approved to Firefox Android's anointed list
If you are using Firefox Nightly, you can install arbitrary add-ons (though quite a number of them don't work due to UI difference, container doesn't work too) now after going though some steps: https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2020/09/29/expanded-extensio...
Good thing I still keep the version pinned at 68!
What's happening with this project? The rules repo hasn't been updated for months even with several PRs