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В кластер входят инструменты для модификации или анализа структуры URL-адресов в браузере, но не любые средства обеспечения интернет-безопасности.
Общие признаки: браузерные расширения, удаление параметров отслеживания, безопасность ссылок, конфиденциальность пользователей
Группа выше: Отслеживание в вебе и фингерпринтинг
Смысл: The text presents a browser extension called Pure URL that improves user privacy and aesthetic experience by stripping tracking parameters (UTM codes) from URLs before the request reaches the server.
Pure URL is a browser extension for Firefox, Chrome, and Opera that automatically removes tracking parameters from URLs to enhance privacy and readability.
Смысл: The text describes the removal of the ClearURLs extension from the Chrome Web Store due to alleged policy violations regarding its description and permissions, while explaining the extension's purpose in protecting user privacy by removing tracking parameters.
Google removed the privacy extension ClearURLs from its web store citing misleading descriptions and unnecessary permissions, though it remains available via GitHub and Edge.
Смысл: The text is a personal account of creating a browser extension called unshort.ru that reveals the destination of shortened URLs upon hover to prevent users from visiting malicious or inappropriate sites.
The author developed a browser plugin called unshort.ru that expands shortened links on hover to avoid accidental visits to unsafe websites.