Why PrivacyWall Isn’t the Private Search Engine It Wants You to Think It Is

Why PrivacyWall Isn’t the Private Search Engine It Wants You to Think It Is

Let’s start with the most obvious red flag: they refuse to name the major search partner powering their results. It’s “not Google,” they say but that doesn’t mean it’s private. In fact, the most common “not Google” search backend is Microsoft’s Bing. And Microsoft collects IP addresses and user-agent data by default. That alone punches a hole straight through PrivacyWall’s claims of anonymized browsing.Their own privacy policy even admits the se…