March 04, 2017
On Saturday, 4 March 2017 at 11:29:05 UTC, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
> worth considering that

worth considering the possibility that*

March 04, 2017
On Saturday, 4 March 2017 at 11:29:05 UTC, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
> On Saturday, 4 March 2017 at 11:26:31 UTC, XavierAP wrote:
>> Google try their best and they may track individual IP addresses (even dynamic)
>
> I am not going to debate this but it might be worth considering that this is simply not true, as far as search result customization goes.

Maybe I typed "d lib" instead of "d libs", but Google is doing regional IP based changes to results.


March 04, 2017
On Saturday, 4 March 2017 at 11:30:44 UTC, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
> On Saturday, 4 March 2017 at 11:29:05 UTC, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
>> worth considering that
>
> worth considering the possibility that*

I almost always consider that anything may not be true, and I am definitely considering it whenever I use the verb "may" ;)

More than speculation, my concern was Andrej's report that clearing cookies was not enough, or whether you or anyone knows for a fact if it's false or true, or any additional test people may do to shed light. Specially since most mechanisms used by most search engines have secret elements in this aspect -- the Wikipedia article on filter bubbles does not provide any information about the mechanisms, just the effects.
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