• exocrinous@startrek.website
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        3 months ago

        That link has your si in it. Your si is a tracking code Google uses to determine who clicked on links you shared. They want to know who your friends are for their social data models.

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          3 months ago

          I had to explain this similar concept to a co-worker who always puts his tracking info in his parts orders. He didn’t understand until I started asking him about firearms parts he had been browsing on his own Amazon account.

          His links are now sufficiently sanitized.

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            3 months ago

            Hold on… how were you able to find out about his amazon browsing habits from a tracking code? I thought end-users wouldn’t have that information but only amazon themselves (+ their 391712 friends).

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        3 months ago

        That was the most confusing discussion I’ve heard in a while. Don’t even know what the initial question was. Had to rewatch the video

        What’s the difference between 6 and 7/8t and 7 and 1/4

        The initial answer of 3/8 was right, but then he changed it and I just got confused.

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