iOS 17 automatically removes tracking parameters from links you click on

Re:iOS 17 automatically removes tracking parameters from lin... by dinobones on Thursday June 08, 2023 @01:25PM (#36245485)

I mean presumably they have some decent heuristic for what are "user-identifiable" parameters.

But I don't trust that heuristics works for every query parameter for every website on the internet.

Here's one: Imagine you run a small website and send signup confirmation emails. Suddenly, 20-30% of your users can no longer complete signups and you have no idea why. Oh yeah, our URL is:

mysite.foo/signup?uid=139191238123.

And apple filtered out the uid parameter.

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Re:iOS 17 automatically removes tracking parameters from lin... by joenathanone on Thursday June 08, 2023 @01:51PM (#36245860)

This is exactly what I am afraid of, we use url query parameters heavily to prefill forms for our employees and clients, think online training and service agreements. This will break a lot of our operation.

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Re:iOS 17 automatically removes tracking parameters from lin... by alvarezbjm-hn on Thursday June 08, 2023 @04:07PM (#36248054)

"This will break a lot of our operation"

》 For safari users 》 Until apple own the internet so the site is forced to adapt.

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