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Nemeski@lemm.ee to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 6 months ago

Google's mysterious 'search.app' links leave Android users concerned

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Google's mysterious 'search.app' links leave Android users concerned

www.bleepingcomputer.com

Nemeski@lemm.ee to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 6 months ago
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    Tldr: google is now adding tracking via a URL shortener to every link shared via the share menu in chrome.

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      Yeah they have been getting rather aggressive with link tracking, I am pretty sure you can’t share a reddit link anymore or atleast I have not figured how to remove tracking.

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    Stop using Chrome!

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      It’s happening via the Google app.

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        Stop using the Google app then

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        folks use that?

        • ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org
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          many, many do. what’s worse, to many of them that’s “the internet”, and when I offer them firefox, their complaint is that it does not show news articles…

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            You tap search on the home screen, you get the Google app.

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        That’s pretty much the same

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      Will this happen to Chromium apps? I use vanadium

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