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The linked image says "coarse location" for Chrome/Analytics. So this is not your GPS data but most likely IP based city/metro. Also it says "may" everywhere.
by extropy 6y ago
The linked image says "coarse location" for Chrome/Analytics.
So this is not your GPS data but most likely IP based city/metro.
Also it says "may" everywhere. AFAIK DDG may be doing all of those things too.
From a technical POV this looks such a huge FUD that it's sad.
- troyvit 6y ago> AFAIK DDG may be doing all of those things too. Except that DDG explicitly says they are not: https://duckduckgo.com/privacy https://duckduckgo.com/privacy
- ac29 6y agoThe word "location" is nowhere in your link.
- troyvit 6y agoSure! But the page does say this: When you access DuckDuckGo (or any Web site), your Web browser automatically sends information about your computer, e.g. your User agent and IP address. Because this information could be used to link you to your searches, we do not log (store) it at all. This is a very unusual practice, but we feel it is an important step to protect your privacy. If they don't store IP addresses then (I believe) they can't use wifi-router-based methods to find your location. Your browser also doesn't get a popup asking to give ddg your location. So yeah I stand by my link and my interpretation of it.