Comment on Mullvad's privacy-focused search engine Leta is now free for all users | Leta acts as a proxy for Google and Brave search results

FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• helpmyusernamewontfi@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Your search query, IP address and iirc fingerprint gets shown to Bing everytime you make a search, so it’s not private at all

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  • myersguy@lemmy.simpl.website ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I don’t see them claiming it is

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    • YarHarSuperstar@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It is still a good reason not to use Ecosia, however.

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    • helpmyusernamewontfi@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Your IP address and search terms are automatically shared with our search partners, Microsoft Bing or Google, when you search.

      www.ecosia.org/privacy

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      • myersguy@lemmy.simpl.website ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Sorry, I left this ambiguous. My intended context was that the person you were replying to didn’t mention Ecosia’s privacy.

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  • FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    But doesn’t Leta use Bing as it’s backend also?

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    • hasnep@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      No, it uses Google and Brave search.

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