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Do you think DuckDuckGo is a good choice for people who are concerned about their privacy? (lemmy.ca)

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[-] ashtrix@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

I've been using DDG for the last year and pretty happy with it

[-] zazaserty@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago

Its shady for many reasons... I quit using it

I read an article on tor about the problems with many "privacy respecting" search engines, including ddg, here: https://digdeeper.club/articles/search.xhtml

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[-] adonkeystomple@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Is DDG’s search results good, better, or about the same as Google or Bing?

[-] hexagonwin@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

DDG is a proxy to Bing AFAIk, their results are pretty much the same. Not bad for English language.

[-] CisopSixpence@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago

It may be good for privacy, however, in the past month or so, I have noticed it is incredibly slow to display the search results.

[-] Kyoyeou@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Mine has been going solid still

[-] DeadNinja@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

[-] GustavoM@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Nah, you should avoid it unless you really want to search for a specific image -- search.brave.com respects your privacy and is not compromised.

[-] kixik@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

AFAIK, most indexes ddg uses come from bing. So it's not really a search engine with its own indexes on its own. I'd suggest using SearX, and if one is willing to sacrifice a bit of privacy over some data and stats gathering, then SearxNG.

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