Can I ask a 'beginners' question?

[CurrentlySober]

When you get a link on face book like this (Have to use code tags to show the entire thing)...

https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsocial-glow.co.uk%2F2023%2F11%2F29%2Fitv-im-a-celeb-star-nella-rose-sparks-frustration-among-viewers-with-four-word-phrase%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR09TlhLFDZV6dUtAJx5Oilfyf9bM97YDHZsW6Cn0lbXoAoDlfQ-dv5c4Tw&h=AT3Ks9xumK2XUJk49MOEKPhnsbIw0lok-lcuLv5ltgw0D2SYKmnWDg3mwxGQvyZEr_w9nn8ArsBoB3zSRHub3SYZCrU4Sh8ePxpIUk5udy65qmjhFyM1A2sh4mxX5_zGWlEINfCfNNwP_5aNl9Z_n0xhNA&__tn__=R*F&c[0]=AT0Q2phE-BAuSfvh9uUMh12HAqinjLptuPsRvrUf0GyJpqVHmLUef_UMjaeqeEjG9oQFQA-LUWyY9bsx6ihzPn6qIWxc5bXSWVgMxxRAfT_6_LvVV_2QX-1mMP408nTxP5jzgwM0PN1ixQKqRiyw5Fs72EXipjOXpme3m6Ai7JYUIOagoJ-_2CBJmwoGQhLhwhfe_OBGlDEtTiK7KPSvWuwCHv67OomRHCqJOQ

and you cant even get to the destination as it 'Redirects too many times'...

What are they actually getting 'from me'? I can understand they want me at their site, to show me ads etc... But what is all that code actually for, and also after the co.uk part, what is the '%2F2023%2F11%2F29%2F' part that is breaking the URL for?

Cheers!

[zawali]

I tried to access the link and it worked well, it redirects me just one time to social-glow.co.uk to this page exactly https://social-glow.co.uk/2023/11/29...r-word-phrase/ .
Facebook uses this type of links which are called link shim to protect users privacy because this technique does not leak any information like user ID, facebook group name, facebook page name ... etc in the referrer link, it just shows that the link starting with l.facebook.com was the referrer link and this does not reveal any information that can be used to identify or track someone (like user id, or username that appear on the user profile link) or to track a facebook page or group or something similar.
The '%2F2023%2F11%2F29%2F' part is just the url-encoded form of '/2023/11/29/' which is a part of the link https://social-glow.co.uk/2023/11/29...ur-word-phrase you are going to visit . URL encoded form is a form in which some special characters are represented in a combination of %+two alphanumeric characters (for example / is represented as %2F and = is represented as %3D).
The rest of parameters like fblick, h, __tn__, c[0] are used for analytics and tracking purpose by both facebook and the destination website but does not reveal anything personal about you, the link can still work even if you delete all these parameters because they do not play an important role, the main parameter is the first 'u' one which contains the link to which you will be redirected.

[CurrentlySober]

Originally Posted by zawali

I tried to access the link and it worked well, it redirects me just one time to social-glow.co.uk to this page exactly https://social-glow.co.uk/2023/11/29...r-word-phrase/ .
Facebook uses this type of links which are called link shim to protect users privacy because this technique does not leak any information like user ID, facebook group name, facebook page name ... etc in the referrer link, it just shows that the link starting with l.facebook.com was the referrer link and this does not reveal any information that can be used to identify or track someone (like user id, or username that appear on the user profile link) or to track a facebook page or group or something similar.
The '%2F2023%2F11%2F29%2F' part is just the url-encoded form of '/2023/11/29/' which is a part of the link https://social-glow.co.uk/2023/11/29...ur-word-phrase you are going to visit . URL encoded form is a form in which some special characters are represented in a combination of %+two alphanumeric characters (for example / is represented as %2F and = is represented as %3D).
The rest of parameters like fblick, h, __tn__, c[0] are used for analytics and tracking purpose by both facebook and the destination website but does not reveal anything personal about you, the link can still work even if you delete all these parameters because they do not play an important role, the main parameter is the first 'u' one which contains the link to which you will be redirected.

Cheers - If you ever need to know the intricacies of how to film a woman taking a shit, hit me up! Thats MY area of expertise!

PS: This is what I see, even using the direct link, regarding the redirects...



Not to worry though - I'm certainly not desperate to read the article - Just using that link as an example of what I meant

[Klen]

Originally Posted by CurrentlySober

Cheers - If you ever need to know the intricacies of how to film a woman taking a shit, hit me up! Thats MY area of expertise!

PS: This is what I see, even using the direct link, regarding the redirects...



Not to worry though - I'm certainly not desperate to read the article - Just using that link as an example of what I meant

Have you tried deleting your cookies

[CurrentlySober]

Originally Posted by Klen

Have you tried deleting your cookies

Nah, I'm not going into my settings fucking with my cookies! Everything else is working fine! Plus, I've never even been to that site before in my life! I did delete the single cookie the site had set via the browser though - Still no joy - No worries though