tagawa

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   by tagawa 8y ago

   Thanks for the kind comments! We don't accept donations but instead, we really (really really) appreciate it if people spread the word: https://duckduckgo.com/spread
2. 392.▲
   by tagawa 8y ago

   Unless they have some power to change things from within, in which case please stay.
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   by tagawa 8y ago

   Even if a user trusts Google, because the data is digital and therefore permanent, there's no guarantee it will remain internal forever, whether that's because of a hack, a rogue employee, police/government pressure, or a cha
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   by tagawa 8y ago

   Sadly ironic that the format doesn’t allow JavaScript to ensure pages are lightweight and fast-loading, and yet disabling JS stops them from displaying.
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   by tagawa 8y ago

   Hi. Sorry you haven't had a satisfactory answer from us - I'll try to do that here. The click redirects are to stop the subsequent website from seeing a user's search terms, but we only use it for browsers that don't sup
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   by tagawa 9y ago

   I can't confirm but according to the ESTA site[1], "an approved travel authorization is not a visa. It does not meet the legal or regulatory requirements to serve in lieu of a United States visa when a visa is required under Unite
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   Brave offers DuckDuckGo as private tabs search option(brave.com)

   2 points by tagawa 9y ago|0 comments
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   by tagawa 9y ago

   For what it’s worth, they acted quite quickly when I filed a company impersonation claim.
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   by tagawa 9y ago

   I forgot to add that we do accept POST request queries as an alternative to GET, again from the settings.
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    by tagawa 9y ago

    Thanks for that. We also have https://duckduckgo.com/html (Disclaimer: DDG staff)
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    by tagawa 9y ago

    DuckDuckGo staff here - just want to clarify a couple of points: * We don't track result clicks. URLs are no longer prefixed with a DDG URL by default except for old browsers (although this is controllable in the settings: https:&#x2F
12. 402.▲
    by tagawa 9y ago

    Just to clarify for those missing the joke, we don't (or didn't) have a service called DuckDuckReader. Got a nice ring to it though :-) Disclaimer: DuckDuckGo staff
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    by tagawa 9y ago

    Just to clarify, the Instant Answers will remain open source on GitHub and maintained in public. Disclaimer: DuckDuckGo staff
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    by tagawa 9y ago

    The Instant Answers are all on GitHub but in four separate repos which, I agree, can be confusing. * https://github.com/duckduckgo/zeroclickinfo-goodies - "Goodies" which are generally static answers such as
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    by tagawa 9y ago

    It's worth noting that according to this study[1], Facebook has trackers on 25% of the top 1 million websites (Google is top with 75%). This doesn't immediately explain how they get around the use of separate browsers, but with de
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    Chinese satellite sends 'hack-proof' message(bbc.com)

    1 points by tagawa 9y ago|2 comments
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    Eight colour palette guidelines for design(medium.springboard.com)

    3 points by tagawa 9y ago|0 comments
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    by tagawa 9y ago

    The Brave browser has an anti-fingerprinting feature in Preferences -> Shields. It's not enabled by default because of the likelihood of breaking some sites.
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    by tagawa 9y ago

    The article or the judge (not sure which) suggests using incognito mode. While this will keep browsing history private for a particular session, it's only effective locally. Tracking from the server is still possible either through bei
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    by tagawa 9y ago

    In a similar vein, there's an enjoyable documentary called Bank of Dave about a British millionaire trying to create a small bank in his home town. The first part's here: https://youtube.com/watch?v=0fIGZOe-Oa0
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    Privacy tips for mobile and desktop platforms(spreadprivacy.com)

    4 points by tagawa 10y ago|0 comments
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    How to protect your privacy on iOS(spreadprivacy.com)

    1 points by tagawa 10y ago|0 comments
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    New opportunities with quantum technology(economist.com)

    14 points by tagawa 10y ago|0 comments
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    by tagawa 10y ago

    You may be interested in Portugal's drug policy which has become an example of what you're suggesting. Laws were relaxed in 2001 together with increased support and therapy. Statistics suggest that drug use and related problems ha
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    by tagawa 10y ago

    Also: DuckDuckGo | Frontend Engineer | Paoli PA | REMOTE, VISA DuckDuckGo | Backend Engineer | Paoli PA | REMOTE, VISA
26. 416.▲
    by tagawa 10y ago

    Slightly off-topic but could we encourage (or automate) using HTTPS story links when available?
27. 417.▲
    by tagawa 10y ago

    Pretty sure reading users' minds would violate our privacy policy.
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    by tagawa 10y ago

    Yes, the same experience. Also a Zoom user and screen sharing in particular is a CPU and battery hog.
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    by tagawa 10y ago

    Just want to clarify - the 15 million is direct searches meaning searches by humans (as far as we're aware). The bots and API hits are separate. On that day there were 6,039,060 API searches and 1,660,639 by bots, so a grand total of 2
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    Atmospheric railway(en.wikipedia.org)

    1 points by tagawa 10y ago|0 comments