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It’s the one time where I can honestly say: The discussion we’re having within Cliqz about our brand name are even more heated and controversial than here on Ha

It’s the one time where I can honestly say: The discussion we’re having within Cliqz about our brand name are even more heated and controversial than here on Hacker News (and Reddit for that matter) ... but then there is this saying: “Every brand name is shit until you surpass one billion users - than it becomes brilliant”. More seriously: we do think about it a lot - happy to get ideas.

big_chungus 7y ago
Thanks for responding. Honestly, knowing that there are people behind it who read HN and are humans lends it credibility. Glad to hear there may be a viable competitor to google, and I'll check it out. Mostly because the big g has started demanding re captchas on normal searches from my VPN IP, which is clean and I have owned for years. Some of the marketing I've seen mentioned, "AI-powered anti-tracking technology"; could you please elaborate on what that means?
- sammacbeth_ 7y ago
  This is our anti-tracking tech we include in the Cliqz browser and also in the Ghostery Extension. We have another post lined up in the series on this (in a couple of weeks), but it's also been described in our blog posts[1] and our 2016 paper[2]. [1]: https://whotracks.me/blog/how_cliqz_antitracking_protects_users.html https://whotracks.me/blog/how_cliqz_antitracking_protects_us... [2]: https://static.cliqz.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Cliqz-Studie-Tracking-the-Trackers.pdf https://static.cliqz.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Cliqz-St...
liability 7y ago
How are there even two sides to the discussion internally? I'd sooner cut off my left nut with a spoon than trust any company named 'Cliqz.' You might as well name yourself "Nigerian Princes Inc."
- tschakkaMarc 7y ago
  Well there are people who believe this and others who believe that ... as I said - very strong opinions (like yours) on both sides of the aisle even internally. Interesting proposal with the Nigerian Inc. - if we ever launch an email service or - better - a Spam filter, I’ll make sure to name the company Nigerian Princes Inc.!
- NicoJuicy 7y ago
  So what you are saying is that you trust Google more than a German/European company, where the laws are way more strict. Enjoy 1 nut. ( Extreme comment fyi )
  - liability 7y ago
    I don't have to chose between the two. I trust neither.
ccleve 7y ago
Put your contact info here or in your profile and I'll send a really good idea...
- tschakkaMarc 7y ago
  @MarcAlHames on Twitter

big_chungus 7y ago

Thanks for responding. Honestly, knowing that there are people behind it who read HN and are humans lends it credibility. Glad to hear there may be a viable competitor to google, and I'll check it out. Mostly because the big g has started demanding re captchas on normal searches from my VPN IP, which is clean and I have owned for years. Some of the marketing I've seen mentioned, "AI-powered anti-tracking technology"; could you please elaborate on what that means?

sammacbeth_ 7y ago
This is our anti-tracking tech we include in the Cliqz browser and also in the Ghostery Extension. We have another post lined up in the series on this (in a couple of weeks), but it's also been described in our blog posts[1] and our 2016 paper[2]. [1]: https://whotracks.me/blog/how_cliqz_antitracking_protects_users.html https://whotracks.me/blog/how_cliqz_antitracking_protects_us... [2]: https://static.cliqz.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Cliqz-Studie-Tracking-the-Trackers.pdf https://static.cliqz.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Cliqz-St...

liability 7y ago

How are there even two sides to the discussion internally? I'd sooner cut off my left nut with a spoon than trust any company named 'Cliqz.' You might as well name yourself "Nigerian Princes Inc."

tschakkaMarc 7y ago
Well there are people who believe this and others who believe that ... as I said - very strong opinions (like yours) on both sides of the aisle even internally. Interesting proposal with the Nigerian Inc. - if we ever launch an email service or - better - a Spam filter, I’ll make sure to name the company Nigerian Princes Inc.!
NicoJuicy 7y ago
So what you are saying is that you trust Google more than a German/European company, where the laws are way more strict. Enjoy 1 nut. ( Extreme comment fyi )
- liability 7y ago
  I don't have to chose between the two. I trust neither.

ccleve 7y ago

Put your contact info here or in your profile and I'll send a really good idea...

tschakkaMarc 7y ago
@MarcAlHames on Twitter