of the person that clicks that link: ip and real world location data, the time, browser fingerprint(what browser is being used, what version of that browser, and what if any extensions are used), referrers(what site the user was on when heshe clicked the link)possibly even the OS, hardware specs, and any other thing that might be installed on the device, like the antivirus program or the camera or microphone for instance, and then my personal favorite, the gyroscope data of the trendy new smartphones and tablets which allows them to see what angle the device is held and thus attempt to deduce the posture of the sap that clicked it and then use that to gain a limited amount of knowledge that might help determining the persons emotional state.
all of this data is then compiled into an illegal hidden facebook profile of the clickers and the guy that posted the link, that nobody has access to except for the big spooky government agency thats pretending to be a social media website
this is correct in this case, but just remember that not everything after the ? in a url is always tracking data. In a more generic sense it's just used to pass data between web pages (or different parts of a web app if you want to look it at like that) and is a part of the HTTP GET protocol. some more info on how it works at the protocol level: https://en.ryte.com/wiki/GET_Parameter#What_are_GET_and_POST_requests.3F
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sbt2160p ago
You included a facebook tracker in the URL.
3141592653 ago
Please help me understand
Tzitzimitl ago
urls are made of several parts
the base url - https://movieweb.com
the article - /corey-feldman-truth-movie-release-date-security-measures/
superfluous sneaky stuff - ?fbclid=
the info that the sneaky stuff is collecting - IwAR3NtQyDGYdZaWYuhT8Ztg6gd3DTgTWK-kh0kMl24TxQSYkVi0M518LhDDU
Erebus445 ago
What info is likely being collected?
Tzitzimitl ago
surprisingly, quite alot
of the person that clicks that link: ip and real world location data, the time, browser fingerprint(what browser is being used, what version of that browser, and what if any extensions are used), referrers(what site the user was on when heshe clicked the link)possibly even the OS, hardware specs, and any other thing that might be installed on the device, like the antivirus program or the camera or microphone for instance, and then my personal favorite, the gyroscope data of the trendy new smartphones and tablets which allows them to see what angle the device is held and thus attempt to deduce the posture of the sap that clicked it and then use that to gain a limited amount of knowledge that might help determining the persons emotional state.
all of this data is then compiled into an illegal hidden facebook profile of the clickers and the guy that posted the link, that nobody has access to except for the big spooky government agency thats pretending to be a social media website
mathemagician33 ago
this is correct in this case, but just remember that not everything after the ? in a url is always tracking data. In a more generic sense it's just used to pass data between web pages (or different parts of a web app if you want to look it at like that) and is a part of the HTTP GET protocol. some more info on how it works at the protocol level: https://en.ryte.com/wiki/GET_Parameter#What_are_GET_and_POST_requests.3F