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This is a sample of what I see some of the time [1] similar to what you said. I've also seen it more than this too at other times. Always from following DDG l

This is a sample of what I see some of the time [1] similar to what you said. I've also seen it more than this too at other times. Always from following DDG links onto destinations like this, but at other times what looks more like a google tracker. [1] https://postimg.cc/23Cw80cS https://postimg.cc/23Cw80cS

yegg 4y ago
These are completely anonymous requests that help us improve the search engine. See https://help.duckduckgo.com/privacy/atb/ https://help.duckduckgo.com/privacy/atb/ (also linked to from https://improving.duckduckgo.com/ https://improving.duckduckgo.com/) and discussed on HN before at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18435882 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18435882 & https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30741090 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30741090 These anonymous requests actually fire from the search engine and are not related to or embedded in other websites at all, so I suspect the tool you are using is erroneously attributing them. People commented about that in the above threads, e.g., https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30742751 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30742751
- OrvalWintermute 4y ago
  Besides improving.duckduckgo.com , what other URLs have anonymous requests being made to DDG too that would trigger umatrix?
  - yegg 4y ago
    I'm not very familiar with umatrix though none others come to mind, and in any case all requests to duckduckgo.com domains are anonymous by design since (as that article notes in more detail) we have our web servers and related applications set up to not log any IP addresses or other unique identifiers with requests. If you want to DM me on Twitter though I can look into it more.
    - yegg 4y ago
      I just looked at umatrix, and yes, those look like completely anonymous requests to improving.duckduckgo.com that are being erroneously attributed to originating from that page when in fact they originated from the anonymous search results.

yegg 4y ago

These are completely anonymous requests that help us improve the search engine. See https://help.duckduckgo.com/privacy/atb/ https://help.duckduckgo.com/privacy/atb/ (also linked to from https://improving.duckduckgo.com/ https://improving.duckduckgo.com/) and discussed on HN before at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18435882 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18435882 & https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30741090 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30741090 These anonymous requests actually fire from the search engine and are not related to or embedded in other websites at all, so I suspect the tool you are using is erroneously attributing them. People commented about that in the above threads, e.g., https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30742751 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30742751

OrvalWintermute 4y ago
Besides improving.duckduckgo.com , what other URLs have anonymous requests being made to DDG too that would trigger umatrix?
- yegg 4y ago
  I'm not very familiar with umatrix though none others come to mind, and in any case all requests to duckduckgo.com domains are anonymous by design since (as that article notes in more detail) we have our web servers and related applications set up to not log any IP addresses or other unique identifiers with requests. If you want to DM me on Twitter though I can look into it more.
  - yegg 4y ago
    I just looked at umatrix, and yes, those look like completely anonymous requests to improving.duckduckgo.com that are being erroneously attributed to originating from that page when in fact they originated from the anonymous search results.