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I switched to DDG in 2017 on desktop and in 2019 on mobile. I still revert 1 in 500 searches back to Google since the results aren’t as good. That said, I woul
by johnebgd 5y ago
I switched to DDG in 2017 on desktop and in 2019 on mobile. I still revert 1 in 500 searches back to Google since the results aren’t as good.
That said, I wouldn’t trade better results to lose the benefit of increased privacy.
I also use PI Hole to block tracking at the network level, use UBlock Origin at the browser level, and use Mozilla containers on Firefox to silo my social media accounts so they can’t track my browsing as easily.
Most people don’t do these things.
- stjohnswarts 5y agoNever revert to google, use one of the google proxies like startpage.
- npteljes 5y agoI revert to Google (in a Private tab) because if I don't, I can't shake the feeling that Google would have done it better. For me the Startpage etc results are just not the same, because of the localized results for example.
- sh4un 5y agoThis is just a minimum for me and this site is usually as close to social media as it gets. Privacy is one thing, security is another. Lots of script kids out there, but it's the state hackers you need to worry about. Most of their targets are PEPs, journalists, defense contractors etc. Very rare for anyone to care otherwise as the normal persons privacy and security are not worth much.