🔗 Redirect Chain Viewer
Trace every hop a URL makes before reaching its destination — expose trackers, cross-domain jumps, and potential security issues.
📚 Why Redirects Matter for Security and Privacy
Tracking redirects: Marketing links often pass through redirect chains that append UTM parameters, click IDs (fbclid, gclid), and affiliate codes. Each hop can tell a third party who you are, where you came from, and what you clicked.
HTTP downgrade risk: If a redirect passes through HTTP (unencrypted) at any point, cookies, session tokens, and other sensitive headers can be intercepted by anyone on the same network.
Open redirect abuse: Some sites accept a destination URL as a parameter (e.g. ?next=https://evil.com). Attackers use these to craft convincing phishing links that start at a trusted domain but end somewhere malicious.
Redirect loops: Misconfigured servers can create infinite redirect loops, causing browsers to give up with a "Too many redirects" error and users to see a broken site.