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?
the ad results on top and sometimes after you clicked “more” are definetly using IP geolocation.
does anyone know if duckduckgo’s policies allow this or if this is contrary to what they say happens?
i also am still not sure if i am right about this happening. i am just noticing it more and more, and i think i am noticing it more because bing has gotten more skillful with determining things, not because of duckduckgo changing that much.