Will this still send your information to Google because the redirect sometimes happens after the search has already been sent? I’m curious because I use a similar Kagi extension and I feel like it’s definitely sending my information to DuckDuckGo which sucks. I wish apple would allow more search options.
Depends on how the extension works probably. Had the issue with some extension but the Qwant extension for example doesn't leak - you can check yourself when capturing the http(s) traffic with something like proxyman.
Interesting, something must have changed then - the qwant search extension definitely does not leak the search to the default search engine - I checked myself with Proxyman.
I don't know your setup but in my opinion something like proxyman / mitmproxy or even Wireshark would be the better way to analyse this.
I tested quite often and never saw the leak with Qwant.
I have Proxyman and Wireshark. IIRC I used Proxyman also when writing my blog post.
In any case, Little Snitch is not lying and inventing packets. I don't know why you aren't seeing anything, but as I said, it's a race condition, so that can happen, and in any case, I would say that it's a better way to analyze this by adding Little Snitch to your setup.
I quickly downloaded the kagi extension for testing and there I can see the leaking - the Qwant extension still does not leak. Maybe you could also test the Qwant extension?
I don't know why it's different for you and me then. I tested Qwant once again and saw not one call to duckduckgo (my default search engine) - now I'm over 100 searches while analysing with proxyman without one leak.
The kagi extension on the other hand leaked all my first 3 searches.
Something must be different.
