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DuckDuckGo Search Engine Erects Tor Hidden Service

Posted by timothy on from the what-does-anonymous-want-to-see dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Viewable with Tor installed, search engine DuckDuckGo has erected a hidden service for secure, encrypted searches through the Tor network. While past attempts at hidden service search engines failed due to uptime or quality issues, DuckDuckGo marks the first time a real company operating a public search engine has offered a solid search engine as a hidden service for Tor users."

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  1. Fail. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    "This site requires JavaScript"

    How stupid is that, for a Tor hidden service? Sure, it may well provide "secure, encrypted searches", but there's going to be no guarantee of privacy for so long as it demands script active to function.

    How is this better than using any other search engine via Tor? At least Google/Scroogle/Ixquick/[many others] don't require script to perform such a very basic task, so at least with those I can feel confident about retaining my privacy, in addition to performing similarly secure, encrypted searches.

  2. Tor is compromised by Iamthecheese · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Tor is compromised by the US government. So go have fun on it but fon't get too cocky.
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