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Remove Unicorn Media Connected TV trackers from the query string #33172

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fmarier opened this issue Sep 21, 2023 · 3 comments
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Remove Unicorn Media Connected TV trackers from the query string #33172

fmarier opened this issue Sep 21, 2023 · 3 comments
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fmarier commented Sep 21, 2023

Unicorn was apparently a marketing platform for connected TVs that Adjust integrates with: https://help.adjust.com/en/article/set-up-connected-tv-campaigns-on-unicorn-classic

It looks like the purpose of the unicorn_click_id query parameter is to track individual TVs.

e.g. The following URL:
https://app.adjust.com/9ovnvzz?campaign=9056-%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9D%E3%82%B1%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%EF%BC%88%E3%82%B6%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%96%E3%83%AB%EF%BC%89_Android&adgroup=16105-%E3%80%90%E6%96%B0%E8%A6%8F%E7%8D%B2%E5%BE%97_%E3%82%B6%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%96%E3%83%AB%E3%80%912021%2F06%2F11%200%3A00%EF%BD%9E2022%2F01%2F07%20%E3%81%BE%E3%81%A7&creative=hl0liV8D-044543_0800x0800_211126181630.jpg&idfa=&gps_adid=&unicorn_click_id=c712d2d3-9333-4644-a77f-c53af4653b85
redirects to the Play Store after consuming the unicorn_click_id parameter:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.co.kodansha.android.magazinepocket&referrer=adjust_reftag%3DcOuZZUpwC8K2v%26utm_source%3DUNICORN%2BAdways%26utm_campaign%3D9056-%25E3%2583%259E%25E3%2582%25AC%25E3%2582%25B8%25E3%2583%25B3%25E3%2583%259D%25E3%2582%25B1%25E3%2583%2583%25E3%2583%2588%25EF%25BC%2588%25E3%2582%25B6%25E3%2583%25BB%25E3%2583%2595%25E3%2582%25A1%25E3%2583%2596%25E3%2583%25AB%25EF%25BC%2589_Android%26utm_content%3D16105-%25E3%2580%2590%25E6%2596%25B0%25E8%25A6%258F%25E7%258D%25B2%25E5%25BE%2597_%25E3%2582%25B6%25E3%2583%25BB%25E3%2583%2595%25E3%2582%25A1%25E3%2583%2596%25E3%2583%25AB%25E3%2580%25912021%252F06%252F11%2B0%253A00%25EF%25BD%259E2022%252F01%252F07%2B%25E3%2581%25BE%25E3%2581%25A7%26utm_term%3Dhl0liV8D-044543_0800x0800_211126181630.jpg

@fmarier fmarier added priority/P4 Planned work. We expect to get to it "soon". OS/Android Fixes related to Android browser functionality OS/Desktop privacy/query-filter labels Sep 21, 2023
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fmarier commented Sep 21, 2023

They are no longer in business after being acquired by BrightCove.

It's not clear whether their old platform is still in use, but given the fairly specific parameter name, I don't see any harm in including it in our list.

@fmarier fmarier changed the title Remove Unicorn Connected TV trackers from the query string Remove Unicorn Media Connected TV trackers from the query string Sep 21, 2023
@fmarier fmarier added this to the 1.60.x - Nightly milestone Sep 22, 2023
@LaurenWags LaurenWags added the QA/In-Progress Indicates that QA is currently in progress for that particular issue label Oct 6, 2023
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LaurenWags commented Oct 6, 2023

Verified with

Brave | 1.60.81 Chromium: 118.0.5993.54 (Official Build) beta (x86_64)
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Revision | 1efb3f333eb41cc34af46ca31fb33c30e0afbfae
OS | macOS Version 13.6 (Build 22G120)

Reproduced using test plan from brave/brave-core#20254 (comment) and 1.58.x
Verified test plan from brave/brave-core#20254 (comment) and 1.60.x

1.58.x 1.60.x
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@LaurenWags LaurenWags added QA Pass-macOS and removed QA/In-Progress Indicates that QA is currently in progress for that particular issue labels Oct 6, 2023
@hffvld hffvld added the QA/In-Progress Indicates that QA is currently in progress for that particular issue label Oct 23, 2023
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hffvld commented Oct 23, 2023

Verified on Pixel 7 using version(s):

Device/OS: Pixel 7 [panther_beta-user 14 U1B2.230922.010 release-keys]
Brave build: 1.60.96 
Chromium: 118.0.5993.88 (Official Build) beta (64-bit) 
Revision: b4c059ad1d32d6e0cd1466123f03ccb97b3cf858

STEPS:

  1. Follow the steps from Add more query string parameters to our list brave-core#20254 (comment)

ACTUAL RESULTS:

  • Verified that the URL search bar contains only https://brave.com/
  • Verified the same by copy & paste the link and by opening the link from another app

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@hffvld hffvld added QA Pass - Android ARM and removed QA/In-Progress Indicates that QA is currently in progress for that particular issue labels Oct 23, 2023
lyubomyr-shaydariv added a commit to lyubomyr-shaydariv/uu-webext that referenced this issue Jun 15, 2024
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