The submission form at matrix.gvid.tv now strips tracking parameters from youtube links

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Because who needs those. Youtube doesn't need to know what sites you post to or what other youtube users are in your internet clique.

The problem is there are people doing tracking besides youtube. So I'll have to expand it as I notice tracking parameters.

If anyone can think of any prominent ones that piss them off let me know.

https://matrix.gvid.tv/submit/link

An example url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RlxOVKEYk8&pp=ygUQcGV3ZGllcGllIGJyaWRnZQ%3D%3D

It targets, pp, ss, si.

More ideas are welcome.

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Also those trackers can help the state dox you because google accounts are often associated with real world identities. That's a pretty serious problem. That is a super serious problem for people in Europe where even being on a free speech site could be misconstrued as a crime.

Edit: I just expanded it to cover feature,gclid,abchannel,source,utm{anything}.

Edit edit: I just added a lot more. More than I can go over. And it's not just youtube now.