Re: [emacs-w3m/emacs-w3m] Remove trackers embedded in URLs (#47)

[Boruch Baum <notifications@xxxxxxxxxx>]

You're quite welcome, Vladimir.

Here are some of my notes for possible future related work. If you (or
anyone else reading this) know how to un-obfuscate or de-shorten URLs,
please let me know.

• Modify the cdr spec of the data structure's elements to allow for a
  function instead of or in addition to a regex string. This would
  allow for features such as logging or replacing occurrences of a
  query, instead of just deleting a query.

  • General purpose logging could be used to collect tracker queries
    to be acted upon in the future.

• Address other forms of embedded trackers:

  • Obfuscated trackers encoded (eg. base64) in the url final segment
    along with any fragments and queries.

    • eg. some stackexchange mailing list links

  • URL shortening services are a known tracking vector.
    eg. https://threatpost.com/fishwrap-social-media-old-news/145641/

• Collect more common tracker queries for use in the default data
  structure.

  • My persoal internet usage has limited exposure, so maybe post to
    the mailing list asking for volunteers to supply additions
    regexes.

(note: this is a test of using magit forge M-x forge-create-post to
respond to a github comment from within emacs)

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