They don’t keep a search history. Your searches aren’t tied to anything, because they aren’t even saved. They don’t have any reason to save them since they aren’t selling any targeted ads.
This was my understanding as well. It’s the point of paying. However , it is just “trust me bro” right? It’s not like they’ve been audited for not storing user data? Even just basic logging too could hold user info. Honestly no idea with paid search engines, I know so little.
Steve@communick.news 4 months ago
They don’t keep a search history. Your searches aren’t tied to anything, because they aren’t even saved. They don’t have any reason to save them since they aren’t selling any targeted ads.
JustUseMint@lemmy.world 4 months ago
This was my understanding as well. It’s the point of paying. However , it is just “trust me bro” right? It’s not like they’ve been audited for not storing user data? Even just basic logging too could hold user info. Honestly no idea with paid search engines, I know so little.
HKayn@dormi.zone 4 months ago
What incentive would they have to betray your trust?
kionite231@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
More Money!
Steve@communick.news 4 months ago
Even an audit is really just someone else saying “trust me bro”. You have some level of trust.
idefix@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
It’s always the same story: are confident are you that this is true?
Steve@communick.news 4 months ago
My confidence is inversely proportional to any evidence you have to the contrary.