i vary my IP randomly to try to be tracked less on the internet by ad companies.

when using duckduckgo, i notice my results of certain searches seem slightly correlated to the IP I use if there’s anything that could be impacted by location.

this is also not just country specific, where duckduckgo is narrowing this down based on country

i am not sure if duckduckgo is passing on the IP or if somehow bing has partnered with data centers or ISPs to try to guess the IPs going into duckduckgo.

I also may be sensing this correlation and it’s just random and not there. i could be wrong.

Does anyone else ever notice this or wonder about this?

  • NoSuchAgencyEnglish
    55·
    4 months ago

    If you keep clicking more results and just about any search you do, you’ll probably notice it’ll start showing you a bunch of results based on your ip. I have my location turned off on my phone and in my browser and it still does it. Haven’t figured out a way to stop it either

    • WebWizardEnglish
      30·
      4 months ago4 months ago

      Use 4get, you can search DDG without revealing your IP

    • secretlyaddictedtolinuxOPEnglish
      23·
      4 months ago4 months ago

      but duckduckgo isn’t supposed to track its users and it’s supposed to get results from bing without bing knowing your IP address, right?