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aren't they using bing also? (I never checked, and still not going to check right now... because I'm .......)
I'm using duckduckgo but how would they avoid this if Microsoft make it mandatory by contract?
https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/05/duckduckgo-microsoft-tracking-scripts/
They block the tracking.
Wonder how they were able to negotiate what even ecosia weren't.
I'm guessing they have quite a bit more users and thus can negotiate better.
That doesn't seem to mention Microsoft Clarity, other than it being on the list of domains that its ad blocker (not its search engine) blocks?
Clarity.ms is on the list of blocked domains, I believe these are also blocked on the search engine.
https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/privacy/no-tracking/
What does "blocked on the search engine" mean?
According to them DuckDuckGo largely sources Bing, however they also have their own crawler called DuckDuckBot.
My only concern with DDG is that they are US based and as far as I know they can be submitted to a gag order and forced to silently give private data to some agencies.
After the Snowden leaks this doesn't inspire much confidence in their ability to protect the privacy of their users.
I think they simply can't guarantee any privacy even if they have good intentions.
Can you even create an account on ddg? What data do they have on you?
Not being argumentative, I'm genuinely curious.
You can create an account on DDG.
Even if you don't they can probably link your IP to search requests.
And even if they refuse, some agency could probably install their own software to track users.
I understand this looks like paranoia but again considering the invasion of privacy the NSA did in the past, it's not really far fetched.
Thanks!
They don't give as good results anymore. I was with them from the beginning when they had that bubble page showing that they don't trap you in a bubble.
Now my results show very specific results to my location even when I have it disabled and set to all regions.