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Tracking. Tied to use account, length of stay, how many reclixks, etc for marketing by/ads and surveillance.

• demibabs 5d ago
  But what’s stopping Google from doing this already?
  • 1e1a 5d ago
    JavaScript being disabled - Google was already sending analytics pings when search result links were clicked on, using JS.
    • Cider9986 5d ago
      It doesn't work without JS though.
      • deleted 5d ago
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      • googapologist 5d ago
        Pings are blockable in Firefox and so are the event analytics requests triggered by Google's on-page JavaScript.
    • demibabs 5d ago
      JavaScript is required to use Google search at all, no?
      • 1e1a 5d ago
        Oh that is true, I forgot they changed that.
    • kalleboo 5d ago
      <a ping=""> works without JS in Chrome and Safari (but not Firefox) https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLAnchorElement/ping https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLAnchorE...
    • smart_asslop 4d ago
      Even with JS enabled, those ping requests (and other tracking) could be blocked; this new measure can not be. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49680338 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49680338
  • duskdozer 4d ago
    I copy a tracking link from google in my reply here. You click on the link. Google now connects me and my search session to you and knows where I gave you this link from. If I get the original url, all google knows is that I copied that link and nothing else.