Does this kind of cookie work anymore at all with browsers who use restrictive rules for third party cookies? (like Safari)
URL shorteners set ad tracking cookies
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Re: URL shorteners set ad tracking cookies
#82Wow! https://preview.tinyurl.com/examplezoom really shows https://zoom.us/j/123456789 link whereas Chrome network inspector confirms the viglink.com redirect. uBlock origin blocks the latter via Dan Pollock’s hosts file and Peter Lowe’s Ad and tracking server list.
Tried in a new profile and didn't see any viglink.com. Edit: the link should be https://tinyurl.com/examplezoom (which does have viglink.com). For some reason you wrote the preview link, https://preview.tinyurl.com/examplezoom , which does not have the tracker.
I think that's their point: preview.tinyurl.com is lying to you.
Re: URL shorteners set ad tracking cookies
#83Earlier quoted context omitted.
It is a shame that T.LY displays only the footer without JavaScript enabled instead of degrading gracefully. Surely a plain HTML form that POSTs should suffice? I'm not sure how much work it would require for you to support this, but it would help cement your place as a good web actor if you're so inclined!
Can you instead use the meta refresh tag?
Why use meta refresh tag over a http redirect:
https://t.ly/home
Re: URL shorteners set ad tracking cookies
#84This is really interesting. I suppose tiny url gets a kicked back from their ad network for this. I'm the creator of the URL shortener (T.LY) and a Link Unshortener tool. I spend most of my development time fighting bad actors. My goal is to have a legitimate competitor to bitly that people benefit from. We do not set any cookies on redirects but do use cookies for authentication for users. T.LY: https://t.ly/ Link U…
Seems nice. I'm curious, how do you make money / stay in business? I couldn't find any paid options.
Maybe this has changed since your comment, but I see three paid plans on the homepage.
Re: URL shorteners set ad tracking cookies
#85This is really interesting. I suppose tiny url gets a kicked back from their ad network for this. I'm the creator of the URL shortener (T.LY) and a Link Unshortener tool. I spend most of my development time fighting bad actors. My goal is to have a legitimate competitor to bitly that people benefit from. We do not set any cookies on redirects but do use cookies for authentication for users. T.LY: https://t.ly/ Link U…
Seems nice. I'm curious, how do you make money / stay in business? I couldn't find any paid options.
Thank you! The site and extension are free to use to shorten links. I do offer the ability to upgrade starting at $5 a month which allows custom domains, ability to customize links, expire links based on date or clicks, private stats, ability to shorten links using the API (https://t.ly/docs/).
I also recently release a new feature called OneLinks that are great for social media bios. Here is an example on a OneLink: https://t.ly/TimLeland
Extension Link: https://t.ly/extension
Re: URL shorteners set ad tracking cookies
#86Are these cookies being caught and blocked/discarded/etc by Safari Intelligent Tracking Protection on macOS Big Sur and iOS 14?
Re: URL shorteners set ad tracking cookies
#87This is really interesting. I suppose tiny url gets a kicked back from their ad network for this. I'm the creator of the URL shortener (T.LY) and a Link Unshortener tool. I spend most of my development time fighting bad actors. My goal is to have a legitimate competitor to bitly that people benefit from. We do not set any cookies on redirects but do use cookies for authentication for users. T.LY: https://t.ly/ Link U…
It is a shame that T.LY displays only the footer without JavaScript enabled instead of degrading gracefully. Surely a plain HTML form that POSTs should suffice? I'm not sure how much work it would require for you to support this, but it would help cement your place as a good web actor if you're so inclined!
Sorry about that. I honestly didn't think anyone browsed the web without javascript enabled. How common is that? We do offer a simple to use api that you could build on top of to shorten link. Also an extension that offers the ability to shorten a url in one click.
API Docs: https://t.ly/docs/
Extension: https://t.ly/extension
Re: URL shorteners set ad tracking cookies
#88Earlier quoted context omitted.
It is a shame that T.LY displays only the footer without JavaScript enabled instead of degrading gracefully. Surely a plain HTML form that POSTs should suffice? I'm not sure how much work it would require for you to support this, but it would help cement your place as a good web actor if you're so inclined!
Can you instead use the meta refresh tag?
Re: URL shorteners set ad tracking cookies
#89His GDPR letter is quite well written, too https://ylukem.com/files/_viglink-gdpr-email.png
I think they used this template: https://www.datarequests.org/blog/sample-letter-gdpr-access-...
Re: URL shorteners set ad tracking cookies
#90Earlier quoted context omitted.
It is a shame that T.LY displays only the footer without JavaScript enabled instead of degrading gracefully. Surely a plain HTML form that POSTs should suffice? I'm not sure how much work it would require for you to support this, but it would help cement your place as a good web actor if you're so inclined!
Sorry about that. I honestly didn't think anyone browsed the web without javascript enabled. How common is that? We do offer a simple to use api that you could build on top of to shorten link. Also an extension that offers the ability to shorten a url in one click. API Docs: https://t.ly/docs/ Extension: https://t.ly/extension
>I honestly didn't think anyone browsed the web without javascript enabled. How common is that?
Not the person you asked, but speaking for myself, all the time. I have a javascript toggle I use several times a day, and leave it set to off as much as I can.