PrivateLink – Stop TikTok and others from embedding your info in links
I wanted to share a TikTok without my username going with it and popping up to the receiver, or TIkTok's advertising backend. What started as a simple question turned into a rabbit hole. TikTok's links embed referrer parameters that identify who shared the link. Facebook's share link wrapper includes session hashes. YouTube's `si=` parameter likely logs the share against your profile. Etc. Etc. Etc. Etc. Each platform implements this differently, and they change their schemes regularly. So I built a secure modular cleaner with a constantly updating database, after carefully inspecting the…
PrivateLink – Stop TikTok and others from embedding your info in links launched on January 13, 2026 with 8 votes, #1,339 of 14,584 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.
What it does
Share links, not your identity. ShareCleaner expands shortlinks and removes trackers from TikTok, Instagram, Amazon, YouTube and more. Available on iOS.
In the maker’s words, at launch
I wanted to share a TikTok without my username going with it and popping up to the receiver, or TIkTok's advertising backend. What started as a simple question turned into a rabbit hole. TikTok's links embed referrer parameters that identify who shared the link. Facebook's share link wrapper includes session hashes.…
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