Google also included links for some participants that it did not include for others, which again shows that its seeing which users are searching for it, something that shouldn’t be happening at all, if you are signed out. The 87 complete result sets showed that Google often disregarded users were signed out when showing results. That’s because undecided and inquisitive voters turn to search engines to conduct basic research on candidates and issues in the critical time when they are forming their opinions on them,” DDG said.ĭuckDuckGo’s findings for various search termsĭuckDuckGo asked volunteers in the US to search for sensitive terms such as “gun control”, “immigration”, and “vaccinations” (in that order) in private browsing mode and logged out of Google, and then again in normal usage. “ The filter bubble is particularly pernicious when searching for political topics. The privacy-focused search engine says Google does not disregard your search profile – built of years of data on your searches, clicks and other data points – when you try to use Google search even when signed out, which is when Google should ideally not be able to tell who you are.
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