I noticed utube tracking addresses suddenly got a lot longer they look like https :// youtu. be/ EShKBqOQ5Ek?si=sEqMKZf370TXZmsJ The second half of the address appears to be tracking jibberish. I delete everything right of the question mark and the question mark it's self. And they still work fine. So https :// youtu. be/ EShKBqOQ5Ek?si=sEqMKZf370TXZmsJ Becomes: https :// youtu .be/ EShKBqOQ5Ek Just look for the "?si=" delete it and everything to the right of it.
I figure everything I do online goes on a permanent record somewhere. being on this site probably puts you on a list.