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When I read about the founder and their privacy policy, I get the impression that this is something they care about. At the same time, as far as I know there h
by derevaunseraun 5y ago
When I read about the founder and their privacy policy, I get the impression that this is something they care about.
At the same time, as far as I know there has been no independent audit. Considering they made over 100 million in 2020, they clearly have the finances to fund an independent audit. It would also improve their reputation and clear up some of the uncertainty about their collection of user data in practice
Even better (but more unlikely): they could open source the search engine so we all can audit them.
- arbitrandomuser 5y agoOpen sourcing still won't solve the issue right . What they open souce needn't be exactly the same they run on their servers
- 8bitsrule 5y agoBack when DDG first started, Gabe was asking for ideas/opinions on features they had and might add, and I talked to him on the phone for a few minutes. He seemed a pleasant, sincere and honest person, and I've seen nothing since to contradict that. Unlikely he's got that kind of time any more ... here's a (2018?) interview (with Vivaldi, they'd just made DDB their default search), listen for yourself. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OU9U26IWSYE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OU9U26IWSYE] Suspicious of most of the rotten-meat smells on the net as I am, I use DDG for everything. Compare the person(s) who said "Don't be evil" (then...) to picking the name DuckDuckGo.