Privacy
Not tracked
- Cookies
- Ad networks
- Analytics scripts
- Tracking pixels
- Third-party trackers
- Fingerprinting
- Your IP in analytics
- Your location
- Your device model
- Your operating system
- Browser versions
- Screen size
- Clicks and scrolling
- Time on page
- Session recordings
- The page you came from
- Searches that led here
- Cross-site profiles
- Accounts or logins
- Email addresses
- Data sales
- Data sharing
Tracked and obfuscated
- Pages requested
- When
- The linking site’s name
- Browser
Who runs this site
Thoughts on 42 is a personal blog run by Benjamin Herrin.
Why we track anything
Requests are counted to see which posts are read and which sites link here. IP addresses are kept only in the server’s security log, to block attacks and abuse. IP addresses are never ever viewed or tracked beyond bot blocking.
How long it’s kept
The security log, with IP addresses, roughly 4 weeks; the oldest entries are deleted as new ones arrive.
Who else receives it
- Akamai (Linode), which hosts the site’s server may have its own IP tracking
- External sites like Amazon or YouTube have their own privacy policies that take effect once a link is clicked.
Nothing is or will ever be, sold or shared for advertising.
Global Privacy Control (GPC) browser setting is honored and surpassed. If you have GPC enabled we even remove the Amazon affiliate links so there is not even a hint that any tracking is happening
Last updated November 11, 2026