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I use Ecosia, because plant trees.
It's good enough and private enough (when the do not track is enabled).
It uses Bing for it's results. Tho it has a heavy incline toward articles instead of forums when searching for an issue. Unless specified in the search.
Any sources please?
I have this https://ecosia.helpscoutdocs.com/article/377-ip-addresses
And this : https://www.ecosia.org/privacy
The search request and IP are sent to separate servers and with different goals.
Mot likely the IP is sent to Bing to detect if it's bot. That way Ecosia can know when to send a captcha.
And the search request is sent by Ecosia without the IP or identifying informations.
As it says also in your quote, they just don't share IP and search term together. More detailed description from https://www.ecosia.org/privacy under "What data do you share with search results providers?".
Yeah, just got there as I am doing things in the meantime.
Would the IP address and search results be able to be put back together? Wouldn't a lot of IP Adresses be sent at the same time reducing the possibility of linking an ip address to a search result?
It uses, bing.... so its anti privacy. And yeah it shares your ip like a broadcaster.
DDG also uses Bing, and it's possible to block the XHR connection to Bing in Ecosia.