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Can't DDG use session-only cookies to link Q, Q' and Q"? Or would that be considered a breach of their privacy rules?
by MarkMc 11y ago
Can't DDG use session-only cookies to link Q, Q' and Q"? Or would that be considered a breach of their privacy rules?
- teraflop 11y agoYou can't count on a browser session to be particularly short-lived. Even if you don't tie query logs directly to a username, the mere act of correlating different queries from a user inherently compromises privacy, as demonstrated by the AOL leak.