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YouTube adds tracking parameters to shared URLs that can be traced back to individual Google accounts (nitter.net)

submitted 9 months ago by Vexz@kbin.social to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] jivandabeast@lemmy.browntown.dev 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Pretty sure TikTok does it as well

[–] variants@possumpat.io 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

That was the first place I noticed it, thought it was really smart of them, someone would send me a meme or whatever and it would show their account at the top. Was impressed that they generate so many links, now they can see who knows who so easily