URL cleanup for FireFox and others
Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2020 2:03 am
One of the nicer things security-wise these days are add-ons like NOscript, UBlock, AdBlock, etc. These are great for getting rid of unwanted script-tracking, ads, and ads with pretty pictures. However there is one more place tracking occurs, and thats in the actual address (bar) of the webpage you're viewing. In my older FireFox27, I used an addon called redirect-cleaner that prevents an intermediate redirect to a different webpage (usually with tracking elements, or sponsor-links). Today, this is accomplished rather deftly by ClearURLs. It parses the web address in the URL-bar to guide one to just the webpage without all the redirects and/or tracking elements. I've been looking for something like this since AtomicPup got upgraded to the XX66 version using FireFox66.05. The developer does state that all major browsers are supported; Chrome, iOS, FF,etc.
If you've ever wondered about those LOOOONG URL's at Amazon, Ebay, Shopify, Aliexpress, eBay, etc., most of that bloat is tracking/redirect/logging. This "ClearURLs" addon will clean up a great majority of these insidious URLs.
Regards
8Geee (Isaias recovered)
If you've ever wondered about those LOOOONG URL's at Amazon, Ebay, Shopify, Aliexpress, eBay, etc., most of that bloat is tracking/redirect/logging. This "ClearURLs" addon will clean up a great majority of these insidious URLs.
Regards
8Geee (Isaias recovered)