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This seems totally absurd.

Clicks are not tracked via cookies but via urls. The search engine in this example would send the user to someshop.com/someproduct?clickid=7e82jv927x748342

They say nothing about how they want to prevent this and other tracking mechanisms. Yet, they propose an overly complex system to send even more data to advertisers.

Also they do not say anthing about the ip that their additional ping will send out. I definitely do not want my browser to communicate with an advertiser days later and without my consent.

Also, click tracking is not even a big problem in the first place. Tracking you wherever you go is. Even if you do not click on any ads.




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