danarel

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   by danarel 6y ago

   I would also recommend reading this interview with the CEO of System1 to better understand their decision to invest in Startpage and their views on privacy. https://thinkprivacy.ch/system1-interview/
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   by danarel 6y ago

   You're not wrong (I am the author of this piece), but with time constraints (and my inability to write such a script) I modeled this "study" with that in mind. It's why I chose terms in which I knew what results I wanted
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   by danarel 6y ago

   I mean, you could just look at a timeline of private search engines and verify if the statement is true.
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   by danarel 6y ago

   I am left to wonder then, do you say the same of Brave? They are owned by an advertising company whose website once read "we know where your customers visit."? Or that Brave is funded by a Facebook board member? Or of DuckDuckGo w
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   by danarel 6y ago

   DDG is located in the US and logs partial IP information. Startpage is headquartered (and under legal jurisdiction) of The Netherlands. Also, it's a bit naive to call System1 just an advertising company. It's a bit larger of a com
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   by danarel 7y ago

   Opera VPN collects user data. It's right in their policy. It's not a privacy respecting service.
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   by danarel 7y ago

   My data was leaked in Verifications.io's breach and I don't think I have even heard of this company...
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   by danarel 7y ago

   This just made for a good reminder I needed to close this account.