Anker Survey Tracking (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 3 months ago by Confining@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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So I got a survey from Anker and when I clicked the link and answered what I needed to I decided to go back using the link and it stated I already answered it.

My default browsing app is Firefox focus on ios and wiped all data when done. Tried it in brave private mode and ddg all on ios and it gave me the same results. Finally I opened the link on Mullvad browser on my pc and still the same result.

I understand why they have trackers that knows if you completed or not and I’m not faulting them for this, just trying to tinker and figure out how it works. My guess is that the tracker is associated with the alias email and the link can be disabled or show a certain message once I reach a certain point. If anyone knows how to this works please inform me as I would like to learn how this works and would appreciate this lesson.

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[-] vinniep@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Look at the link - does it have a token on it to identify that particular survey invitation as the one they sent you? I'd wager that's what happened rather than it being some deeper tracking. A stock standard survey monkey survey can do the same thing.

this post was submitted on 29 Oct 2025

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