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Re:iOS 17 automatically removes tracking parameters from lin... by samstave on Thursday June 08, 2023 @01:39PM (#36245660)
I would like this capability on any home router/cable-modem/FW
Re:iOS 17 automatically removes tracking parameters from lin... by bee_rider on Thursday June 08, 2023 @01:47PM (#36245793)
That would be neat. I suspect the browser and/or OS would have to be aware of it though, in order to cooperate, in which case why not just have the browser/OS implement it?
Re:iOS 17 automatically removes tracking parameters from lin... by cyral on Thursday June 08, 2023 @02:00PM (#36245995)
With HTTPS it cannot read the URL query params
Re:iOS 17 automatically removes tracking parameters from lin... by edgineer on Thursday June 08, 2023 @02:43PM (#36246629)
Not saying it's practical but you could add your own CA on each client device and the router MitMs.

Or, e.g. you can set a flag when building Firefox that will store the secrets necessary to decrypt those packets, and the client sends the secrets to the router which sniffs and decrypts on the fly.

Re:iOS 17 automatically removes tracking parameters from lin... by dwaite on Friday June 09, 2023 @05:09AM (#36255223)
You can, but these sorts of setups have historically been bad about evaluating the upstream certicate/CA chain for validity, and for things like proper certificate transparency.

This might be something a web extension could do, though.