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rubl
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What URL's tell you May 22, 2016 22:55:40 GMT 7

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Post by rubl on May 22, 2016 22:55:40 GMT 7

They tell you you're being watched, your behaviour being analysed.

I clicked on a link and after I got the page looked at the URL

blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2016/05/20/microsofts-approach-terrorist-content-online/#sm.001kv8d7k108hfgxzwu16a6nb14a7

The last part tracks you, somehow 'knows' where you came from (i.e. which site/page). The base URL gives the same page showing all the rest in non-essential

blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2016/05/20/microsofts-approach-terrorist-content-online/

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What URL's tell you May 23, 2016 9:08:06 GMT 7

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Post by AyG on May 23, 2016 9:08:06 GMT 7

There's nothing suspicious about this. Website owners like to track activity so (a) they can target advertising, and (b) understand user behaviour so they can optimise their website for traffic. Most sites uses cookies for this purpose, but some users block cookies, so some sites use customised URLs as an alternative which is less prone to blocking.

As for knowing where you came from, the HTTP headers sent with every page request include a "referer" header (a misspelling for "referrer") which shows which page linked to the page now being fetched. No mystery there.

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What URL's tell you May 23, 2016 19:25:38 GMT 7

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Post by rubl on May 23, 2016 19:25:38 GMT 7

^^|

I agree no mystery, just another example of how we're tracked in a 'friendly' manner. Of course I can reject cookies, but that means sites will not give me a page. 'Delete cookies on exit browser' seems the most useful manner, although one might choose to manually clear the cookie cache, like after frequenting some interesting forums

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Post by rubl on May 23, 2016 19:25:38 GMT 7

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