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    How to remove FaceBook tracking strings

    Anything starting with the "?" and followed by "fbclid" and then a seemingly random string of text can be stripped off of the link. Strip off everything beginning with the "?". See below.

    With tracking string:
    https://www.gunsandammo.com/editorial/economics-ammunition/374730?fbclid=IwAR33LUzNvC__tD5skk8giwUjQfdiGTgUh2 2JD_xQS4IV5jS4Li4JGysX2aQ

    Cleaned up:
    https://www.gunsandammo.com/editorial/economics-ammunition/374730

    Clean, working link:
    https://www.gunsandammo.com/editoria...unition/374730
    #RESIST

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    A question from the clueless: What's a Facebook tracking string, and why would it show up on a non-FB link like a G&A page?

    Presume this is something we should be looking for and zapping when posting links here going forward?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wingate's Hairbrush View Post
    A question from the clueless: What's a Facebook tracking string, and why would it show up on a non-FB link like a G&A page?

    Presume this is something we should be looking for and zapping when posting links here going forward?
    It is a way for FB to track clicks, who clicks, where it was clicked, and where it originated from. It showed up on the G&A link because someone shared it on FB, therefore the link had the FB tracking string automatically appended to the end of the link. Yes, remove them.
    #RESIST

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    Another way to deal with dastardly sites is via apps / extensions like uBlock Origin and Privacy Badger. I use them on Chromebook with excellent results.
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    Firefox has a plugin that keeps Facebook in its place (although I don’t fully trust Mozilla).

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    Quote Originally Posted by blues View Post
    Another way to deal with dastardly sites is via apps / extensions like ...Privacy Badger. I use them on Chromebook with excellent results.

    Thanks for that one, hadn't known about it.
    (I like badgers; they're fierce. )
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    Thanks, @LittleLebowski. Fuck facebook.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Suvorov View Post
    Firefox has a plugin that keeps Facebook in its place (although I don’t fully trust Mozilla).
    Containers. They've released additional ones as well and you can open any link in them.

    As for the tracking URLs, I frequently strip the Amazon affiliate ones from sites I don't want to "reward" when I follow an Amazon link. Mostly it's those fake review sites or the EDC gear ones that are nothing but funnels for Amazon purchases.

    I don't do that with P-F Amazon links.

    Chris

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    Quote Originally Posted by blues View Post
    Another way to deal with dastardly sites is via apps / extensions like uBlock Origin and Privacy Badger. I use them on Chromebook with excellent results.
    +1 for privacy badger w/Chromebook

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    Quote Originally Posted by blues View Post
    Another way to deal with dastardly sites is via apps / extensions like uBlock Origin and Privacy Badger. I use them on Chromebook with excellent results.
    Do you install one of these two sites or both of them at the same time? Remember, I'm an old shooter and not a computer guy per se.

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