Ecosia, is it really so private?
Ecosia, is it really so private?
Ecosia, is it really so private?
A article about if Ecosia is really a private search engine.
I did spend a lot a time to analyze and investigate Ecosia, I hope this article helps people to better understand how private is Ecosia really and which are the downsides of it. Is the first article I ever written, so it isn't perfect. I'm open for feedback!
https://cryptpad.disroot.org/pad/#/2/pad/view/qQG0ryE6n8EnZSTgCLMd4m87I7hEOoOkokkPPCj+lDs/embed/
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Dude forgot to stop reddit protests on lemmy
@voxel @privacy Your formatting isn't consistant. Some sections are left justified some are centered.
Also try typing posts out into a word processer to catch spelling errors.
Some proper names are capitalized in some parts and not in others.
You recommended Brave search but admittedly didn't reaearch it.
Nice post.
There's something extra to keep about: They also load thumbnails direct from Bing - if you search "Hello world" you should get some video thumbnails. So that's more IP leakage to Bing.
Their results page includes a referrer meta tag with value "origin-when-cross-origin" so your browser will disclose that you're searching from Ecosia (but not what you're searching for).
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Great writeup! I like how you broke down the privacy policy piece by piece. Good luck on future articles!
@staustellsimon @privacy Oh. Thank you for pointing this out to me.
The fact you linked Disroots Cryptpad tells me you should also be using search.disroot.org too, no? From my digging around, SearX is as private as it gets plus the Disroot team is more transparent and trustworthy than Ecosia in my book. But solid job with your first article!