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You are extremely naive if you believe Google can't infer anything if the referer is missing. An IP + user-agent combination (both of which are sent) is enough
by Nextgrid 5y ago
You are extremely naive if you believe Google can't infer anything if the referer is missing.
An IP + user-agent combination (both of which are sent) is enough to uniquely identify a typical home user with high certainty unless they're behind a carrier-grade NAT and use a very popular browser.
- dlubarov 5y agoLet's assume Google can identify the user but doesn't get a referrer. So what? The only information Google receives is that some user visited some unknown website at a particular time. How exactly would that lead to Google increasing its profits?