DuckDuckGo, a search engine that reckons it "respects your privacy", y'know?
But then, same story as what happened with ProtonMail - a good mob turned into a bit of a dodgy honeypot service.
DuckDuckGo started trackin' folks from the get-go, after they set up that improving.duckduckgo.com domain to keep tabs on every click, hover, and scroll you make.
And it just got worse over time, reckon they even started trackin' blokes with JavaScript turned off!
Nah, mate, you wanna use SearX instead. It's open-source and you can run it yourself. Duckduckgo's a bit shady, if ya ask me.
DON'T use DuckDuckGo anymore
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BlackMoneyFamily
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Re: DON'T use DuckDuckGo anymore
Wait when did this happen with duck duck go !?
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Re: DON'T use DuckDuckGo anymore
BlackMoneyFamily wrote:Wait when did this happen with duck duck go !?
DuckDuckGo is presently encountering controversy by peddling user data unto Microsoft.
Embark upon entering the IP of DuckDuckGo's website at whatismyipaddress, whereupon a Microsoft Datacenter shall be reached.
Hostname: html.duckduckgo.com
Country: IE
City: Dublin
IP Address: 52.142.124.215
Services: Datacenter
ISP: MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
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ltx_Lazzarus wrote:DuckDuckGo, a search engine that reckons it "respects your privacy", y'know?
But then, same story as what happened with ProtonMail - a good mob turned into a bit of a dodgy honeypot service.
DuckDuckGo started trackin' folks from the get-go, after they set up that improving.duckduckgo.com domain to keep tabs on every click, hover, and scroll you make.
And it just got worse over time, reckon they even started trackin' blokes with JavaScript turned off!
Nah, mate, you wanna use SearX instead. It's open-source and you can run it yourself. Duckduckgo's a bit shady, if ya ask me.
but tor browser still using duck duck go as a default search engine.
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ltx_Lazzarus
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Re: DON'T use DuckDuckGo anymore
but tor browser still using duck duck go as a default search engine.
Yeah, DuckDuckGo's a searchie for onion sites, but in this case, the browser is still TOR, which is more "secret."
I mean, don't use DuckDuckGo as your MAIN BROWSER, on yah computer or mobile.