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The difference is that when Google speaks of "anonymizing" your IP information, they are only removing the last octet, whereas Bing is removing it entirely. Th
by sounddust 17y ago
The difference is that when Google speaks of "anonymizing" your IP information, they are only removing the last octet, whereas Bing is removing it entirely. The EFF argues that this form of anonymizing doesn't go far enough, considering that (among other things) it's entirely possible that only one IP address on a given subnet is active.
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2007/03/googles-new-plan-anonymize-search-logs-good-first-step-more-needed http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2007/03/googles-new-plan-anonym...
- nostrademons 17y agoThat article is from 2007, while Google changed its logs policy in 2008. Does anyone know if the new policy anonymizes full IP addresses, or just the last octet?
- sounddust 17y agoI think the fact that Google still uses the phrase "anonymizing IP addresses" as opposed to logs or queries speaks for itself. If they spoke of anonymizing logs or queries, that could imply the possibility of deleting IPs. But to "anonymize" an IP implies something weaker than deletion, otherwise they would just use that term.