Probably an abundance of caution. I’m pretty sure referrer headers wouldn’t be sent if you modified the URL and that’s the only concern I can think of.
*For a new tab that is. Cookies aren’t going to care about a new tab unless you open a private one first.
Are you sure a new tab is necessary? Simply removing the tracking data and hitting Enter should be enough.
Probably an abundance of caution. I’m pretty sure referrer headers wouldn’t be sent if you modified the URL and that’s the only concern I can think of.
*For a new tab that is. Cookies aren’t going to care about a new tab unless you open a private one first.