Chops Trackers From Shared Link.
When you tap share buttons, innocent-looking random strings are placed in the links you get - they are actually "trackers" tied to you 👀.
Every time your friends open these links, service providers learn more about your social connections such as how often you talk to a particular friend, topics you discuss, etc 🤨. They can further exploit this information in conjunction with other data they have about you and your friends.
Tail.WTF protects your privacy by chopping the annoying "tails" off these links 🛡️, also makes them look nicer.
- Whitelist-based rules: only parameters essential for reaching a specific resource are kept. Stricter and more stable compared to the blacklist-based services.
- Server-side Support: short link expansions can be done anonymously on the server side. Unknown or tricky links can be processed by code-based rules.
- Diverse clients: Easily sanitize links on mobile devices, in IM apps or even in terminal without relying on specific browsers or extensions.
- Concise rules in standardized format: link processing rules can be written by anyone familiar with basic YAML formatting and regular expressions, and can be easily parsed by new client apps.
Tail.WTF is in its early stages and we appreciate your efforts on making it better!
In general, you can get involved by:
- Submit rule requests for links we can't sanitize yet
- Create new rules via pull requests. Please see the rule writing instruction (WIP)
- Contribute code. See issues of code repos and our roadmap to get started
Please communicate all general feedbacks and suggestions in discussion. Additionally, you can reach out to project moderators with email address on our GitHub organization page.
