Submitted via IRC for Bytram
Is this for real? DuckDuckGo has grown in popularity primarily on its claim: We don't track you. Is this no longer true?
DuckDuckGo now fingerprinting visitors
DuckDuckGo is using the Canvas DOMRect API on their search engine. Canvas is used to make unique geometry measurements on target browsers, and DOMRect API uses rectangles. This can be verified with the CanvasBlocker Firefox add-on by Korbinian Kapsner. DDG has recently been redirecting some website navigations to cute pictures with remarks about their privacy promises. The organization is now seeking to expand their Internet presence. DDG are without question data brokers, and commercial websites that make promises like DDG does will not survive for long if they actually keep them.
(Score: 4, Informative) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday January 10 2019, @07:59PM
The bits in question appear to be part of the jQuery Throttle Debounce plugin [benalman.com] by Cowboy Ben Alman by a quick glance at line 43 of l110.js [duckduckgo.com]. Seems to be about as nefarious as a month old puppy with a spiked collar but I'm not going to do any serious digging today.
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