Maybe it wants to know where users are coming from.
Archive.ph does not work with Clouflare DNS because CF refused to send archive.ph a portion of the user's IP address in a DNS packet, i.e., EDNS0 Client Subnet.
Instead archive.ph will now use "x.gif" to cause a DNS request that reveals the full IP address of the user.
https://www.occ.treas.gov/news-issuances/bulletins/2023/bull...
Banks are being warned against crypto.
The article also claims bitcoin cannot survive without banks.
Unfortunately, archive.ph requires the use of a "preferred browser" and the need to send data to Google.
First, to get past the CAPTCHA, one has to access www.google.com, so Google now has data that the user is visiting archive.ph.
https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api.js?onload=onloadCallbac...
https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/ping?sitemap=https:/...
Once past the CAPTCHA, more fun.
https://a.publir.com/platform/1100.js
Publir looks like adtech. For example, https://a.publir.com/sellers.json https://a.publir.com/ads-txt/505/ads.txt
The next one looks like some data collection by archive.ph
https://[YOUR_IP_ADDRESS].[YOUR_COUNTRY].inc1.358424231.pixe...
Archive.ph itself is blocked in some countries.
Maybe it wants to know where users are coming from.
Archive.ph does not work with Clouflare DNS because CF refused to send archive.ph a portion of the user's IP address in a DNS packet, i.e., EDNS0 Client Subnet.
Instead archive.ph will now use "x.gif" to cause a DNS request that reveals the full IP address of the user.
Next, add in some tracking.
https://top-fwz1.mail.ru/js/code.js
Last but not least, everyone wants to let Google know what they are reading at archive.ph. Here, Barrons.
https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=www.barrons.com
https://t1.gstatic.com/faviconV2?client=NULL&type=FAVICON&fa...