When someone shares a #YouTube video link, what is that extra, completely unneeded part that looks like:
si=XXXXXXXXXXXXX
Is that a “share identifier”?
Is Google using that to identify who originally shared the video, and who you are associated with based on who is else is clicking it?
#privacy #asknostr
/ Dan
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2024-06-20 07:03:12
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