[Feature Request] Stop Google from tracking search queries

[archerhush]

Hello, first of all nice project, I've always liked it. I'm asking if it was possible to add an option to stop Google from tracking search queries (try it yourself, open Network tab under Console with F12 on Google and start typing something, you'll see a bunch requests containing your query are sent to Google.) I'm able to block all them using a URL blocker add-on by using regex and applying this regex I've made in a very short time:

http(s?):\/\/(www?).google.(com|ad|ae|com.af|com.ag|com.ai|al|am|co.ao|com.ar|as|at|com.au|az|ba|com.bd|be|bf|bg|com.bh|bi|bj|com.bn|com.bo|com.br|bs|bt|co.bw|by|com.bz|ca|cd|cf|cg|ch|ci|co.ck|cl|cm|cn|com.co|co.cr|com.cu|cv|com.cy|cz|de|dj|dk|dm|com.do|dz|com.ec|ee|com.eg|es|com.et|fi|com.fj|fm|fr|ga|ge|gg|com.gh|com.gi|gl|gm|gp|gr|com.gt|gy|com.hk|hn|hr|ht|hu|co.id|ie|co.il|im|co.in|iq|is|it|je|com.jm|jo|co.jp|co.ke|com.kh|ki|kg|co.kr|com.kw|kz|la|com.lb|li|lk|co.ls|lt|lu|lv|com.ly|co.ma|md|me|mg|mk|ml|com.mm|mn|ms|com.mt|mu|mv|mw|com.mx|com.my|co.mz|com.na|com.nf|com.ng|com.ni|ne|nl|no|com.np|nr|nu|co.nz|com.om|com.pa|com.pe|com.pg|com.ph|com.pk|pl|pn|com.pr|ps|pt|com.py|com.qa|ro|ru|rw|com.sa|com.sb|sc|se|com.sg|sh|si|sk|com.sl|sn|so|sm|sr|st|com.sv|td|tg|co.th|com.tj|tk|tl|tm|tn|to|com.tr|tt|com.tw|co.tz|com.ua|co.ug|co.uk|com.uy|co.uz|com.vc|co.ve|vg|co.vi|com.vn|vu|ws|rs|co.za|co.zm|co.zw|cat)\/complete\/search\?.*

yeah, I've not tested it that much. Note that it has to be an additional option, since this stops search hints from getting viewed too.

[Rob--W]

What's the next step? Stop sending search queries to Google altogether? ;) Unlike tracking links, search suggestions do serve a purpose to users, so I won't block them.

If you don't want to send search suggestions, I suggest to go to Firefox's preferences and disable search suggestions, and then search from the location bar instead of from Google.

Alternatively, use a different search engine such as DuckDuckGo, or Startpage.com

[Anaglyphic]

Rob, harsh. AND YES! Let's stop sending search queries to google unless they're all together! Let's make a query proxy akin to onion routing where I submit a query here that goes to another user in another city/country and his goes elsewhere too. Screw google. Let's ruin all their metrics. C'mon let's! archerhush will help! :-)

You may only want to prevent google click-tracking, I'd prefer google HQ burning and it's engineers all so depressed about the world they help create they publicly walk around with SHAME placards. OK yes that's hyperbole but only slightly.

It's not like the DTMG script does anything for the search results page, google still knows the client that sent in the request and definitely knows what results it presented back to you, and knows if you clicked to go to page 2 of the results or farther, so even though it's not directly reporting the click, it's still kind-of reporting it anyway, yes?

So then what's the point of the script anyway? Why does it exist? I think archerhush's request is definitely on-par with what you want to accomplish. Maybe I'm wrong. I would think most of the users of this would be more librefox than firefox, anyway. people who hate metrics as a concept, the monetizing of the human existence, etc.

Actually I'm kind of irritated about mozilla's tracking and metrics of add-ons, if you click DTMG on the add-on page, and then click the link to here or the project homepage, the URL is: https://outgoing.prod.mozaws.net/v1/((some-long-32-bit-unique-identifier))/https%3A//github.com/Rob--W/dont-track-me-google

Why not filter that too, just to prove a point?! :-)

@archerhush: if you have the time, fork the project, you are probably more motivated anyway!