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Ecosia, is it really so private?
  • @voxel @privacy

    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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