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Brave not removing tracking parameters from URLs #15486

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Dryader opened this issue Apr 25, 2021 · 2 comments
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Brave not removing tracking parameters from URLs #15486

Dryader opened this issue Apr 25, 2021 · 2 comments
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Dryader commented Apr 25, 2021

Description

Brave not removing tracking parameters from URLs

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Go to this URL as an example https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/mvg1ep/yet_another_video_loading_the_roc_into_the_nomad/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
  2. Look at the URL bar

Actual result:

URL in search bar is https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/mvg1ep/yet_another_video_loading_the_roc_into_the_nomad/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

Expected result:

URL should show in search bar https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/mvg1ep/yet_another_video_loading_the_roc_into_the_nomad/

Reproduces how often:

Easily reproduced

Brave version (brave://version info)

Brave 1.23.73 Chromium: 90.0.4430.85 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Revision 5bc145d831c180d9ff94f29a0d7a2e1cbd30ef36-refs/branch-heads/4430@{#1311}
OS Windows 10 OS Version 2009 (Build 19042.928)

Version/Channel Information:

  • Can you reproduce this issue with the current release? Yes
  • Can you reproduce this issue with the beta channel? Yes
  • Can you reproduce this issue with the nightly channel? Yes

Other Additional Information:

  • Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Shields? No
  • Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Rewards? No
  • Is the issue reproducible on the latest version of Chrome? N/A

Miscellaneous Information:

This extension seems to fix the issue. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/clearurls/lckanjgmijmafbedllaakclkaicjfmnk

@Dryader Dryader closed this as completed Apr 25, 2021
@Dryader Dryader reopened this Apr 25, 2021
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Dryader commented Apr 25, 2021

Not sure entirely if Brave is actually supposed to strip these parameters from urls, let me know if I messed up.

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ryanbr commented Apr 25, 2021

Related: brave/adblock-rust#166

Still a work in progress, and dependent on other privacy fixes (like URL rewriting).
cc: @antonok-edm

Closing this report

@ryanbr ryanbr closed this as completed Apr 25, 2021
@ryanbr ryanbr added the closed/duplicate Issue has already been reported label Apr 25, 2021
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