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You really can't use "we promise we won't misuse the information" as an argument, that's what everyone says whether it's true or not, and the whole point of usi
by ajnin 6y ago
You really can't use "we promise we won't misuse the information" as an argument, that's what everyone says whether it's true or not, and the whole point of using a privacy-centric browser is that as a user you can't trust those kinds of promises.
- TedDoesntTalk 6y ago> You really can't use "we promise we won't misuse the information" as an argument Sure they can. Doesn’t mean you have to believe them.
- cortesoft 6y agoWhen people say "you can't do" something that is already being done, it means they can't justifiably do it. Context matters for what words mean.
- baddox 6y agoThey’re primarily a search engine, so yes, you definitely have to trust that they won’t misuse information about what search terms you are querying for.
- WhitneyLand 6y agoThat’s pretty shaky ground. Trusting a site for X has nothing to do with being comfortable to trusting them with X + Y when Y is unnecessary.
- baddox 6y agoI suppose that's valid. This is the first time I had heard that DDG has a browser too, and I was just assuming that anyone who would use the browser probably also uses the search engine, which they obviously have to trust when they send search queries to it.
- lowwave 6y agoBy the way how DDG spend money on the ads like at bus stop, I already starting to NOT trust them. Spend the money on development of development of products. Seems like time to get SearX a try now: https://searx.me https://searx.me
- RMPR 6y agoFWIW I got higher quality results with Searx.
- scoutt 6y agoAND being so reluctant to remove this pinging mechanism adds more doubts about the real purpose.