Firefox 102 privacy feature strips URLs of tracking parameters |
Firefox 102 privacy feature strips URLs of tracking parameters |
Christian J |
Jul 4 2022, 05:15 PM
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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/secur...ing-parameters/
"With the release of Firefox 102, Mozilla has added the new 'Query Parameter Stripping' feature that automatically strips various query parameters used for tracking from URLs when you open them, whether that be by clicking on a link or simply pasting the URL into the address bar. |
pandy |
Jul 5 2022, 05:50 AM
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Does it tell us when it does that?
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Christian J |
Jul 5 2022, 05:58 AM
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Seems not. There's a test page here: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/PoC/qs.html (remember to enable Strict Tracking protection in Firefox).
If the list of filtered parameters grow over time, I imagine the risk will increase that some innocent web developers use the same ones by mistake... |
pandy |
Jul 5 2022, 06:25 AM
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I'll try later. I haven't updated.
Yes. Like with web washing software that reject certain file names. We had quite a few question related to that some 10 years ago. I think it was a well known AV. It was pretty generic names too. Don't remember any now, but like ad.gif... Maybe parameters will need to be prefixed with something unique. Like here html or help could be used. help_abc and so on. Tedious. |
Christian J |
Jul 5 2022, 12:24 PM
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Maybe parameters will need to be prefixed with something unique. Like here html or help could be used. help_abc and so on. Tedious. True. But isn't it a fundamental flaw of URLs in general that querystring parameters can be changed by anyone besides the site owner? (Of course the parameter values must be allowed to change, that's often their purpose when submitting a form.) But I guess another more strict system would become a bit complicated. |
pandy |
Jul 5 2022, 04:40 PM
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How do you mean? To what use is it to change the names in querystring?
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Christian J |
Sep 7 2022, 11:20 AM
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Missed you reply, sorry!
QUOTE To what use is it to change the names in querystring? unsure.gif For the tracking companies? For tracking, I suppose. Not sure exactly how it's done. |
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