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I checked out a WiFi hotspot from a library recently and was surprised to find that they blocked DDG. (Was less surprised to see they blocked Reddit.) Isn’t it
by wanderingstan 2y ago
I checked out a WiFi hotspot from a library recently and was surprised to find that they blocked DDG. (Was less surprised to see they blocked Reddit.)
Isn’t it just using the Bing API?
- ticoombs 2y agoIt also proxies images, which I think is the actual reason (sic). So there is no way from a network point of view to disallow pornographic material on public access terminals. Though, I have not recently looked at how the other search engines do it. As a long time DDG user, the image filter isn't perfect and occasionally I'll see NSFW images even when I have safe search on.
- netsharc 2y agoI noticed on my city's public network Google Safe Search, and the DDG equivalent, is enabled by force. Apparently for Google it's done by aliasing www.google.* to forcesafesearch.google.com [1], or for DDG: safe.duckduckgo.com [2] [1] https://www.draytek.co.uk/support/guides/kb-dns-safesearch https://www.draytek.co.uk/support/guides/kb-dns-safesearch [2] https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/features/safe-search/ https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/features/safe-s...
- Chrontius 2y agoMan, I wouldn't even stop to think that they blocked a search engine, I'd just think that their hotspot was broken. Well, I guess by my standards, it IS broken.