i vary my IP randomly to try to be tracked less on the internet by ad companies.

when using duckduckgo, i notice my results of certain searches seem slightly correlated to the IP I use if there’s anything that could be impacted by location.

this is also not just country specific, where duckduckgo is narrowing this down based on country

i am not sure if duckduckgo is passing on the IP or if somehow bing has partnered with data centers or ISPs to try to guess the IPs going into duckduckgo.

I also may be sensing this correlation and it’s just random and not there. i could be wrong.

Does anyone else ever notice this or wonder about this?

  • lurch (he/him)English
    6·
    7 months ago

    the ad results on top and sometimes after you clicked “more” are definetly using IP geolocation.

    • secretlyaddictedtolinux@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      4·
      7 months ago

      does anyone know if duckduckgo’s policies allow this or if this is contrary to what they say happens?

      i also am still not sure if i am right about this happening. i am just noticing it more and more, and i think i am noticing it more because bing has gotten more skillful with determining things, not because of duckduckgo changing that much.