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Site is currently unresponsive. Cached version: http://archive.is/bklNU http://archive.is/bklNU

• m463 7y ago
  Has anyone noticed that archive.is has pretty apalling dns-based tracking?
  • drcross 7y ago
    Can you explain what you mean?
    • nyolfen 7y ago
      https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19828317 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19828317
      • m463 7y ago
        no, I meant the pixel.archive.is stuff
  • Fej 7y ago
    They still refuse to serve users with Cloudflare DNS.
  • Thorrez 7y ago
    What do you mean by tracking?
    • m463 7y ago
      check out the *.pixel.archive.is lookups
      • madars 7y ago
        Fascinating, they embed a tracking pixel of: http://onion.[SOME_NUMERIC_ID].pixel.archive.today/pixel.gif http://onion.[SOME_NUMERIC_ID].pixel.archive.today/pixel.gif for Tor endpoint (archivecaslytosk.onion) connections but https:// https:// [YOUR_IP].[COUNTRY_CODE].[SHORT_ALPHANUMERIC_ID].[SOME_NUMERIC_ID].pixel.archive.is/pixel.gif for regular (archive.is/archive.fo/archive.today/etc) connections. So at least this lets archive.is correlate your IP with your DNS server (which must pass EDNS Client Subnet to get any meaningful response, this is the reason why Cloudflare DNS is not that great for accessing archive.is; more: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19828317 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19828317).
        • privateSFacct 7y ago
          There is something weird going on - both demanding the EDNS detail and then the extra tracking. I'm happy to avoid them using cloudflare's privacy stuff.