[mdlug] $80 Laptop

[Aaron Kulkis]

Depends on what sort of info is after the ? character.

On Sat, Dec 30, 2023, 19:49 Robert James Fulner <fulner at alumni.nmu.edu>
wrote:

> Gib,
>
> Concerning
>
> >(I'm not sure why it has a really
>
> >long URL):
> > Gib,
> Concerning
> >(I'm not sure why it has a really
> >long URL):
> >
> >
>
> >
>
> It's because the URL you shared includes a bunch of tracking
> information. This is the most common reason you see long Urls these
> days.
>
> A shorter link like
>
>
> https://www.amazon.com/Adapter-Smartphones-Surveillances-Cameras-Tablets/dp/B0CM8V6Q2Q/
>
> would also get the same webpage.
>
> The URL you shared
>
> >
> https://www.amazon.com/Adapter-Smartphones-Surveillances-Cameras-Tablets/dp/B0CM8V6Q2Q/ref=sr_1_2_sspa?crid=3QLTT8DGYX1N9&keywords=micro%2Bsd%2Bcard&qid=1703815330&s=electronics&sprefix=micro%2Bsd%2Bcard%2Celectronics%2C141&sr=1-2-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&th=1
>
> Includes information that let's Amazon know, among other things, that your
> search Sting included "MicroSD card", you limited your search using the
> ELECTRONICS drop down menu, and you clicked on a SPONSORED link from the
> search results there of .  I think some of that may even include a search
> ID so Amazon can identify the particular search that is referenced again,
> but whether by you accessing a book mark, or us accessing the link in the
> mail.
>
> If you had shared the same link via a surveillance capitalist social media
> platform, like Facebook or Twitter, they would add their own social
> tracking on top of that to help them track what links to outside their
> platform are being accessed and, at least in theory, use such data to
> negotiate contracts for compensation between at form and retailer.
>
> If you want to share without the tracking info, usually it's just removing
> the text after the ? but in this case it's after the Steing "ref". If you
> do I recommend ensuring you try the link directly before you do. There are
> also URL Cleaners, such as add-ons for your web browser or apps for your
> smartphone, and I've heard some platforms like GNU Social, or browsers like
> DDG, automatically strip such data before passing it to the next server,
> but I have never looked into that.
>
> Like many such things online there's debate whether we should limit it to
> ensure users' privacy or encourage it to give data to developers to be able
> to continue to improve functionality and provide additional funding
> mechanism so capitalists can continue to provide gratis services or keep
> low retail prices.
>
> Jim
>
> Sent from my Smartphone please dismiss no-so-smart-typos
>
>
>
> --
> Sent from my SmartPhone please dismiss not-so-smart typos
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