https://github.com/theghostofinky/trackingprotector

Reddit share URL tracking remover
https://github.com/theghostofinky/trackingprotector

android privacy reddit tracking

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Reddit share URL tracking remover

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/theghostofinky/trackingprotector
• Owner: TheGhostOfInky
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2023-12-15T23:11:48.000Z (about 1 year ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-08-02T09:26:58.000Z (5 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-02T10:56:58.309Z (5 months ago)
• Topics: android, privacy, reddit, tracking
• Language: Kotlin
• Homepage:
• Size: 244 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Tracking Protector

This repository hosts the source code for a simple Android app to remove trackers from Reddit share URLs.

## Background

Soon after its brutal and sudden crackdown on 3rd party apps in June of 2023, Reddit's official android app started sharing comment and post links in a rather unorthodox format that obscures the actual comment and post IDs behind a unique, per-share tracking ID that allows reddit to know exactly who you send a given link to.

In the process these links also break many older, but still functional, 3rd party clients that are not equipped to handle these new obscured links.

## How this app works

This app accepts obscure reddit share links and emits clean links that contain no trackers and are supported by most 3rd party clients, regardless of age.

## How do I know if my link is an obscured link

Obscured reddit links follow the format:

```

    https://www.reddit.com/r//s/

```

Whereas conventional links look something like the following:

```

    https://www.reddit.com/r//comments/

```

You can easily indentify tracking links by the `/s/` after the subreddit name.