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

• 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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      • helpmyusernamewontfi@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        my bad, I always assume not just because we’re on the topic of privacy but because of how Ecosia advertises itself as a privacy friendly alternative on their front page when it isn’t that at all that, much like the difference between apple.com/privacy and apple.com/legal/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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