Remove Blueshift email trackers #25238
Labels
OS/Android
Fixes related to Android browser functionality
OS/Desktop
priority/P3
The next thing for us to work on. It'll ride the trains.
privacy/query-filter
QA Pass - Android ARM
QA Pass-macOS
QA/Yes
release-notes/include
Milestone
Example link which includes lots of Blueshift trackers:
https://www.bmc.com/it-solutions/release-lifecycle-management.html?agency_tier=gold&utm_campaign=daily_20170912&bsft_clkid=c58b29b1-5cad-4713-b605-c04a064151b3&bsft_mid=af5baca2-3018-4a87-8ce9-c983ff946744&utm_medium=email&yt_video=sIcA21Igr5U®ion=united-states&bsft_eid=32a71fc5-36ee-4710-8e6a-a35065ec7107&bsft_uid=c401f142-ebf0-48fd-928a-3f068aac3a73&utm_source=blueshift&utm_content=daily_20170912&app=LeadgenDownload&shortpath=docs%2FROI_from_HubSpot.pdf&_ga=2.38267619.1148770831.1562332271-933118289.1529345498&hubs_signup-url=blog.hubspot.com/service&hubs_signup-cta=null
The parameters are described in this helpful Cloudflare forum thread as well as in the official campaign report documentation. The ones that are user-identifying are:
bsft_uid
: user UUIDbsft_clkid
: unique click IDExamples of unsubscribe pages can be found in the unsubscription documentation and in this sample JSON response:
https://universallinks.blueshiftreads.com/customer/unsubscribe?uid=e6afc3fc-f3e9-4142-836b-50cbb05c5e55&mid=cdf1727f-bdec-462b-9969-23f18d859a18&txnid=99af1bf5-969e-416f-b331-917eff4617b7&eid=433b295e-cdfe-0f5a-5cca-cfa46f6809fc&bsft_ek=2021-04-26T19%3A15%3A46Z&bsft_aaid=48400530-21e4-4403-826c-d50cc97d18b7&bsft_mime_type=html&bsft_link_id=4&bsft_tv=5&bsft_lx=4
https://universallinks.blueshiftreads.com/customer/email_preferences?uid=...
Therefore we should be able to block
bsft_uid
without affecting unsubscribe pages sinceuid
without thebsft_
prefix is used on on Blueshift-hosted pages:https://click.britbox.com/z/kqup9fl7s?uid=02368e01-13c3-4b27-94b9-0cde6bfe90e8&txnid=4d081fa5-6961-485e-b5c5-c1dec0eb9fdb&mid=eb90197e-f0bb-40b4-a328-7397d42f9824&bsft_ek=2022-02-08T19%3A10%3A32Z&bsft_mime_type=html&bsft_tv=26&bsft_lx=9
https://links.e.animoto.com/z/myvpwnbky?uid=8a00172a-00ee-4b1c-9642-8fac748b9fa3&txnid=adc264a9-14ba-4f81-9dee-4ca1bc5c4fb9&mid=c5abc9d6-4fcd-47f2-85f3-adba5e5c84b5&bsft_ek=2022-07-18T05%3A25%3A39Z&bsft_mime_type=html&bsft_tv=21&bsft_lx=15
https://bl.houzz.com/z/j2rr7c3ty?uid=4d7c699c-6519-4505-ab70-98b47a71e28f&txnid=ffd10d64-7931-4cce-b5fa-15092efa5837&mid=a97bd283-1353-424c-bcb0-309fb5461e00&bsft_pp=4&bsft_ek=2022-02-23T13%3A00%3A38Z&bsft_mime_type=html&bsft_link_id=8458&bsft_tv=16&bsft_lx=36
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