It’s most likely an API linked to your logged in account that counts each search performed and logs it against your account. You don’t need to see a user’s search to track that information.
That sounds reasonable and likely the method. Would you indulge a few more relevant questions? Could that API also know your search term without sharing it? How can we know that the API is not being abused? And, can access to an API like that be shared, or hacked? Are we still at “we don’t look even though we could”?
It’s most likely an API linked to your logged in account that counts each search performed and logs it against your account. You don’t need to see a user’s search to track that information.
That sounds reasonable and likely the method. Would you indulge a few more relevant questions? Could that API also know your search term without sharing it? How can we know that the API is not being abused? And, can access to an API like that be shared, or hacked? Are we still at “we don’t look even though we could”?