What do you mean? This is supposed to be sent to my friends. To a friend, a real message would be like “I’m using Firefox, get it at firefox.com” and not “I’m using Firefox, get it at domain.tld/garbage”.
This time the “short” link isn’t unique, but they still did this for tracking purposes and not for “convenience”. I didn’t check it but it will definitely resolve to something like hxxp://Firefox.domain ?utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=message&utm_campaign=promo&utm_id=wa-spam&utm_term=share&utm_content=click for maximum tracking analysis
Edit: TIL Lemmy automatically removes tracking tags from URLs… I had to type again my delicious tracking link…
Edit2: Lemmy removes tracking tags even from code blocks 😲
Edit3: Lemmy removes tracking tags even with an invalid protocol
Edit4: Lemmy removes tracking tags even with invalid TLD
there’s no reason to use a “short” link when it’s longer than the real “long” link
Perhaps, but that does not mean it’s not the case.
if i see domain.tld/garbage i have to assume they did it for tracking, not the opposite or for “shortening” it
No, that’s wrong. All url shorteners work exactly like that. How did you get the initial link anyway?
What do you mean? This is supposed to be sent to my friends. To a friend, a real message would be like “I’m using Firefox, get it at firefox.com” and not “I’m using Firefox, get it at domain.tld/garbage”.
This time the “short” link isn’t unique, but they still did this for tracking purposes and not for “convenience”. I didn’t check it but it will definitely resolve to something like
hxxp://Firefox.domain ?utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=message&utm_campaign=promo&utm_id=wa-spam&utm_term=share&utm_content=clickfor maximum tracking analysisEdit: TIL Lemmy automatically removes tracking tags from URLs… I had to type again my delicious tracking link…
Edit2: Lemmy removes tracking tags even from code blocks 😲
Edit3: Lemmy removes tracking tags even with an invalid protocol
Edit4: Lemmy removes tracking tags even with invalid TLD