Strictly speaking, aren't we always one step away from being one step away from being one step... etc. ad infinitum? Sending your local search details across a

Strictly speaking, aren't we always one step away from being one step away from being one step... etc. ad infinitum? Sending your local search details across a network just because is bad on its own merits, you don't need to link in a dystopia as everything can be Kevin Bacon'd to the Brave GNU RMS84. Edit: And as indicated in a separate comment in this thread by someone who actually tried to reproduce, the search queries aren't even sent to the advertisers directly, but to the search provider just as with any other search!