% !TeX root = main.tex \documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article} \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage[english]{babel} \usepackage{lmodern} \usepackage{enumitem} \usepackage{multicol} \usepackage[a4paper,margin=2.5cm]{geometry} \usepackage{setspace} \onehalfspacing \usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage{booktabs} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{hyperref} \usepackage{xcolor} \usepackage{listings} \usepackage{lipsum} \usepackage{float} \usepackage{cleveref} \usepackage{csquotes} \usepackage[backend=biber,style=authoryear]{biblatex} \addbibresource{references.bib} \hypersetup{ colorlinks=true, linkcolor=black, urlcolor=blue, citecolor=blue } \lstset{ basicstyle=\ttfamily\small, breaklines=true, frame=single, numbers=left, numberstyle=\tiny, keywordstyle=\color{blue}, commentstyle=\color{gray}, stringstyle=\color{teal} } \title{Analysis of Cookie Activity in Web Search Traffic} \author{Tord-Vincent Heggland} \date{\today} \begin{document} \pagenumbering{roman} \maketitle \begin{abstract} \label{abs:abstr} \centering %This report aims to find trends in Web~Search activity connected to \texttt{tracking\_hints} and cookies. Playwright is used automate the process of performing web-queries. Data is downloaded as \texttt{HAR}, and transformed to \texttt{CSV} files using automation scripts. \texttt{CSV} files are loaded into Power~BI, to be transformed and visualized using Power~Query. It is found that private-focused tools tend to respect privacy in web-queries. And at last, Google leaks all user privacy. This report aims to find trends in Web~Search activity connected to \texttt{tracking\_hints} and cookies. Playwright is used to automate the process of performing web-queries. Data is downloaded as \texttt{HAR} files and transformed into \texttt{CSV} files using automation scripts. The \texttt{CSV} files are loaded into Power~BI, where the data is transformed and visualized using Power~Query. It is found that privacy-focused tools tend to better respect privacy in web-queries, while Google shows significantly more tracking-related behavior and privacy leakage compared to the other Search~Engines. \end{abstract} \clearpage \tableofcontents \clearpage \pagenumbering{arabic} \setcounter{page}{1} \input{sections/01_introduction.tex} \input{sections/01A_theory.tex} \input{sections/02_method.tex} \input{sections/03_results.tex} \input{sections/04_discussion.tex} \input{sections/05_conclusion.tex} \clearpage \printbibliography[title={References}] \clearpage \appendix \renewcommand{\thepage}{A-\arabic{page}} \setcounter{page}{1} \input{sections/99_appendix.tex} \end{document}