Ask HN: Is Google personalizing search in private windows/other browsers?

Posted by throwawaynay on Sunday February 20, 2022 @04:19AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I did some research about gender equality in the workplace.

Now when I type "how many companies" The first recommendation is "how many companies had achieved the maximum score of 100 on the gender equality index by 2021"

Whether I use Firefox, Opera, or private windows I get the SAME recommendation.

But when I use another IP(in a private window) I get something completely different.

Does anybody know if they're actually personalizing stuff based on your IP/fingerprinting?

I mean I always knew that they were mostly aware of you are regardless of cookies, but never thought they'd change stuff based on that data?

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Re:Ask HN: Is Google personalizing search in private windows... by cybarDOTlive on Sunday February 20, 2022 @06:46AM (#30404999)

i deleted my acc cause i got rated limited

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Re:Ask HN: Is Google personalizing search in private windows... by throwawaynay on Sunday February 20, 2022 @07:28AM (#30405176)

That's not the question, I'm aware of that.

I'm not asking what it knows I'm asking what it does.

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