It doesn’t seem to be doing anything for me, even on large websites like YouTube or Amazon, it basically just copies the link as-is.
Do you have examples to compare? As in, does the URL even contain tracking information in the first place?
Yes, for example Youtube video links are copied with the tracking information. Search for something on Youtube, right-click on a result title, and copy with or without tracking gives you the same thing (with the pp=).
That feature removes parameters that are known to be used for tracking. It does not remove all query parameters willy-nilly. For example on youtube it should remove si, feature and kw parameters as well as a set of parameters on a list that applies to all websites. However, pp parameter is not in that to-be-removed list.
As an example v parameter is for video id on youtube, it would be kinda silly if that was removed, so the feature kinda has to do some site specific action.
pp has been introduced 3 years ago and it’s a known tracking parameter. And it’s not some obscure website we’re talking about, it’s the largest website in the world…
If they’re not going to keep up with parameters after so many years I think it’s very misleading and potentially even harmful to keep offering this feature.
For me neither. I use it out of habit instead normal copy. But it never did anything for me. I have couple of security and privacy extensions installed, so I thought maybe one of them gets it in the way for some reason.
The times ive tried it hasnt worked either. I simply rely on ublock origin and my pihole to protect me from the worsts out there.
