1. When I go to share a link, automatically trace it and remove all tracking so I get the final URL without any tracking parameters attached.
2. When I am sent a link with tracking parameters as a part of it, or a shortened link, send it to a remote server which will follow the links until it finds the final destination and removes tracking parameters, then send it back to me.
Both approaches have downsides. The first is nice for when I send a link to a friend but not when I get a link in an email from a company. This happens to me all the time and since I use NextDNS to block trackers I often can’t even get to the final website because of the various trackers I would have to go through to get to it which are blocked at the DNS level. I am still trying to figure out a good solution to this.
The second has the obvious privacy problem: who is watching the watchers?
1. When I go to share a link, automatically trace it and remove all tracking so I get the final URL without any tracking parameters attached.
2. When I am sent a link with tracking parameters as a part of it, or a shortened link, send it to a remote server which will follow the links until it finds the final destination and removes tracking parameters, then send it back to me.
Both approaches have downsides. The first is nice for when I send a link to a friend but not when I get a link in an email from a company. This happens to me all the time and since I use NextDNS to block trackers I often can’t even get to the final website because of the various trackers I would have to go through to get to it which are blocked at the DNS level. I am still trying to figure out a good solution to this.
The second has the obvious privacy problem: who is watching the watchers?