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Re:Choose whether Search can show you personal results based... by hdjjhhvvhga on Saturday July 24, 2021 @07:00AM (#27939831)
No, it's enough to turn off Javascript. Virtually all tracking code is in Javascript.
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Re:Choose whether Search can show you personal results based... by zbentley on Saturday July 24, 2021 @12:26PM (#27942237)
Absolutely not.

GP was concerned about:

> filtered/tailored results based on my IP location and my interests

IP location is typically computed server side, based on the originating IP of requests. Your interests are recorded server side, based on what requests were made.

"Tracking" in JavaScript is a big problem, and disabling JS does help prevent third party tools from knowing about you, but the discussion here is about first-party tracking: tracking being by Google, whose site you're using.

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