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Re: Google vs. DDG



On 2021-04-28 20:49, davidson wrote:
On Wed, 28 Apr 2021 mick crane wrote:

I think Google tailors results according to what they know about you.
Even if you reset the router to a new IP and clear all the cookies they still seem to know. I've wondered if the browser has an identifying number.

Supplementing the observations made here by others, I suggest this
introductory reference on the topic:

 https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/about

  Cover Your Tracks is two things: a tool for users to understand how
  unique and identifiable their browser makes them online, and a
  research project to uncover the tools and techniques of online
  trackers and test the efficacy of privacy add-ons. Running tests on
  Cover Your Tracks gives you information about your own browser’s
  privacy protections, and also helps EFF use statistical methods to
  evaluate the capabilities of third-party trackers and the best forms
  of protection against them.

checking that website with windows and chrome canary says unique out of 136 thousand. booting Buster on same machine and firefox esr that website says 2 out of 136 thousand which indicates very likely the browser isn't sending any identifier.

mick
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