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Gabriel, whilst you’re answering questions here, I have one slightly tangential question and it’s as follows: why does DDG not have a warrant canary? I’m skept
by lysergia 4y ago
Gabriel, whilst you’re answering questions here, I have one slightly tangential question and it’s as follows: why does DDG not have a warrant canary?
I’m skeptical of using the service since it’s a US based service and the US doesn’t have a good track record when it comes to privacy.
For this reason I only ever use DDG combined with an anonymous mixer service like Tor. It would be trivial for bad actors to be placed in your data center and tie specific IPs to particular searches, no?
- yegg 4y agoWarrant canaries are problematic since they can't be trusted themselves due to possible confidentiality restrictions, can be easily misinterpreted, and can also be counter-productive to an in-process court proceeding if you are in an actual situation that would involve triggering one. Thankfully we haven't ever been in any situation like this because we simply don't collect any search histories or meta data that ties searches to individuals (like IP addresses). And our searches are end-to-end encrypted so network onlookers cannot see them, even if listening in on the network.