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Link Processing & Privacy ๐ŸŒ โ€‹

LinkSheet includes powerful tools to clean, resolve, and secure the links you open. Features marked with ๐ŸŒ involve network requests and may affect the speed of the bottom sheet appearance.

Redirect Resolution ๐ŸŒ โ€‹

LinkSheet can "unroll" shortened links and tracking redirects before they reach your browser.

  • Follow Redirects ๐ŸŒ: Automatically follows HTTP redirects.
    • Local Cache: Caches results locally to speed up future clicks.
    • External Service ๐ŸŒ [Impact: High]: Uses a privacy-preserving API (hosted at supabase.com) to resolve redirects without exposing your IP address to the destination server immediately. This adds a network round-trip.
  • Known Trackers Only: Option to only trigger redirect resolution for known tracking domains, preserving battery and data for normal links.

Amp2Html ๐ŸŒ โ€‹

Automatically converts AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) links to their standard, canonical HTML versions.

  • Local/External ๐ŸŒ: Like redirects, this can be done locally or via an external service to avoid direct interaction with AMP servers.

Tracking Protection โ€‹

ClearURLs Integration โ€‹

Uses the ClearURLs rule set to strip tracking parameters (like utm_source, fbclid) from URLs. This is a local operation (fast).

FastForward Integration โ€‹

Uses FastForward rules to bypass link shorteners and intermediate landing pages.

LibRedirect Integration โ€‹

Redirects traffic from popular proprietary platforms to privacy-friendly, open-source frontends.

  • Example: YouTube -> Invidious, Twitter -> Nitter.

Privacy Settings โ€‹

  • LinkSheet Referrer: By default, LinkSheet hides itself as the "referrer" when opening apps.
  • Hide after Copy: Automatically close the bottom sheet after you copy a link to the clipboard.
  • Incognito Mode: (If using a supported browser) LinkSheet can request to open links directly in Incognito/Private mode.

Telemetry ๐ŸŒ โ€‹

LinkSheet collects minimal data by default but respects your choice.

  • Levels: Disabled, Minimal, Standard, Exhaustive.
  • Impact: Small network request on app start or event trigger.
  • Transparency: You can view exactly what is being logged.