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DuckDuckGo: Illusion of Privacy

Posted by timothy on from the if-it-barks-like-a-duck dept.

An anonymous reader writes "With all of the news stories about users moving to DuckDuckGo because of NSA spying, this article discusses why the privacy provided by DuckDuckGo is more the privacy from third-party tracking (advertisers) but may do little, if anything, to prevent the NSA from tracking your searches."

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  1. I didn't start using DuckDuckGo for privacy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I started using DuckDuckGo because, out of all the other search engines out there, it's the only one I've found whose entire mission statement centers around _not_ collecting information on every goddamn thing you do. Yes it's probably still being tapped at the fibre optic cable level so it doesn't really matter, that's not the point. The point is to vote with your dollar, or in this case your page view, far more influential these days than one thinks.

    I don't use DuckDuckGo because it preserves my privacy. I use DuckDuckGo because they don't try to take it away from me.

  2. Its not about 100% privacy by SuperCharlie · · Score: 5, Insightful

    At least for me its not, its about not feeding the beast directly. I jumped to Linux, Opera, and DDG as a way to add a few more cycles and maybe a few more man hours to the mess rather than hand it over directly with Windows, IE or Chrome, and Google. If anyone thinks they can really be anonymous in this ecosystem they are sorely mistaken. I do believe however there are less trodden paths and a little more pains in the rear that can be had, and as a silent protest, I chose to use them.