Chrome 64 Now Trims Messy Links When You Share Them (theverge.com)

Posted by msmash on Monday February 19, 2018 @12:01PM from the rid-of-weird-things dept.

Google's latest consumer version of Chrome, version number 64, just started cleaning up messy referral links for you. From a report: Now, when you go to share an item, you'll no longer see a long tracking string after a link, just the primary link itself. This feature now happens automatically when sharing links in Chrome, either by the Share menu or by copying the link and pasting it elsewhere. Even though it slices off the extra bit of the URL, this doesn't affect referral information. If you choose, you can copy and paste directly from the URL bar to grab the link in entirety.

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Re:that's fantastic by Anonymous Coward · 2018-02-19 12:22 · Score: 2, Funny

How dare Google do something to cut down on the amount of tracking information sent in plaintext in the URL when you copy it and send it to others! Don't they know that you love being tracked and having referring pages that reveal where you were browsing being spread to everyone!