Report: YouTube adding user-traceable ID tag to links shared off-platform

Re:Report: YouTube adding user-traceable ID tag to links sha... by greenyoda on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @06:30PM (#38538409)

If you right click on the progress bar at the bottom of the video, one of the options is: "Copy video URL at current time". (Although YouTube might also start adding extra IDs to that URL in the future.)

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Re:Report: YouTube adding user-traceable ID tag to links sha... by summarity on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @07:06PM (#38538739)

You can do that right click anywhere on the video

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Re:Report: YouTube adding user-traceable ID tag to links sha... by bbarnett on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @02:52AM (#38541438)

How do you right click on your mobile device?

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Re:Report: YouTube adding user-traceable ID tag to links sha... by autoexec on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @03:26AM (#38541632)

That's like asking how to right click on a television. Mobile devices are designed primarily for mindless content consumption and personal data collection so basic functionality is crippled by design

I get that "Use a real computer" isn't helpful though, so I'd recommend getting an app like NewPipe since you can use the "share" button there to copy the video's URL with the current timestamp included to your clipboard or paste it directly into apps of your choosing.

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