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Privacy@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

YouTube adds tracking parameters to shared URLs that can be traced back to individual Google accounts

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YouTube adds tracking parameters to shared URLs that can be traced back to individual Google accounts

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Privacy@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

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Adds?

I thought they always had them?
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  It wasn’t until a few months ago did YouTube add them.

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