Ecosia adds “contractually forced” Microsoft Clarity tracking (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/clarity/setup-and-installation/about-clarity | privacy faq : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/clarity/faq#privacy), which will record the behaviour of users on the website. Recording clics, size, and more.

They will also add an optional Google setting. Enabling the cookie will allow to get search results from Google, but also to get tracked by Google.

Optional Microsoft advertising tracking is still a thing, tho it may not be necessary if Bing can get a fingerprint and behaviour of the user in real time…

This may be the final flow for Ecosia for me. Unless somehow the Microsoft Clarity can be private… But I don’t think so.

  • @Scottmc
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    91 year ago

    Is there a reason people aren’t suggesting startpage as an alternative to ecosia or DuckDuckGo?

    • @[email protected]OP
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      171 year ago

      What I remember : Startpage has been bought by an advertising company. So who knows what they could do with it.

      • @Scottmc
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        31 year ago

        Mm I do think I remember the controversy around that. Such a bummer because their anonymous webpage viewing is such a cool feature

        • Franzia
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          11 year ago

          Yeah startpage fucking slaps, so this is a real shame.

    • @Smokeydope
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      51 year ago

      Startpage is very slow and chock full of ads now.