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Glad to see more interest in privacy focused search, but why not just not contribute to something like duckduckgo that's already doing good work in that space?
by tharne 6y ago
Glad to see more interest in privacy focused search, but why not just not contribute to something like duckduckgo that's already doing good work in that space?
- lumost 6y agoDuck duck go simply proxies other search engines. While they have been gaining traffic, they will never be as good as google/bing etc. Good privacy focused search requires novel innovations and a solid attempt to "solve" the problem rather than simply wrapping some other engine.
- tachyonbeam 6y agoThey should have some small team working on their own search engine. A handful of skilled programmers can accomplish a lot over a couple of years.
- guerrilla 6y agoDo we know that they don't?
- deleted 6y ago[deleted]
- coldtea 6y agoBecause DDG merely uses Google and so under the covers. Plus, we don't know DDG respects privacy, it's just some generic statement they make.
- rasengan 6y agoAs many mentioned, DDG is Bing and Google under the hood. That being said, DDG is great and I’m very thankful it exists. Shameless Plug: I’m involved in a project called Private Search [1], and we are always interested in partnerships with browsers. Feel free to contact me directly. My email is in my profile! [1] https://private.sh https://private.sh
- jhoechtl 6y agoDDG is the wolf disguised as the sheep. If you consider the vast possibilities a company is able to trace you over the internets it's largely irrelevant where are you coming from, as long as you hop once over a server operated by BigCorp. And in the case of DDG the results come from Bing. From the rain in the eaves.
- fsflover 6y agoOr better to https://yacy.net https://yacy.net or SearX.