>>921605
This is the worst image ever. Not only does it have zero arguments and repeat itself endlessly, underline things to imply implications without saying anything, but it has blatant misunderstanding of how technology works by some LARPer.
The affiliate code in question tells Amazon "This person came from DDG". Amazon can tell that through other means as it is, since they follow you around the internet, especially if you have their cookies, and it's one of the few ways DDG can make money without intruding on your privacy.
Also, did you honestly fall for the oldest trick in the book, the IP tracking thing? There were forum signatures in the early 2000's that would do that.
http://www.danasoft.com/
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DDG have no tracking scripts, they have an Onion website, they made an add-on to block tracking scripts that is open-source. Their track record is pristine and what the guy who started it did in his past is irrelevant, it's a petty way to cast suspicion. All software engineers have made botnet at some point in their life.
>>921645
The point is that they have no tracking scripts that report your info back to them. Google does have those, and it has them all over the internet. It is entirely your responsibility to hide your IP, use a privacy enhancing browser and hide your browsing history from your ISP. DDG are a search engine and they advertise themselves as such, they make no promises of being a shield between you and other malicious websites, they simply do not record your info for themselves and are adamant about it. If other websites do record your info and track you, that has diddly squat to do with DDG.