[PSA] DuckDuckGo was founded by a Jew that openly gathered personal information before

[PSA] DuckDuckGo was founded by a Jew that openly gathered personal information before (technology)

submitted 6.5 years ago by kmccormick

I am seeing a lot of links here in voat about the increment in usage of "privacy oriented" browser ddg. It has not yet be proven that DDG violates your privacy, but it is highly probable given the previous history of its founder. It is openly known (even wikipeda has info about it)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuckDuckGo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_Database

Alternatives? I am using searx, it is an aggregator, you can choose which engines to use, it is opensource and there is many instances so you can use which ever you want, and even host your own. https://searx.me https://searx.me/about

Edit: Thanks @sbt2160p for this link: https://8ch.net/tech/ddg.html

Edit2: You can make voat a source (preferences > engines > social media > voat) and search directly in voat with !vo (Example https://searx.me/?q=%21vo%20duckduckgo)

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SukkhaMadiqqa 6.5 years ago

The default image search on searx.me for "white inventors" lists black people.

I suspect settings need some modifications for it to be a trustworthy search engine.

In fairness even DuckDuckGo does this.

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murface 6.5 years ago

Just search for "inventors' and you'll see plenty of white inventors. Including the word 'white' pulls in articles where race is referenced. Without the term it's plain to see that there is no such thing as a black inventor.

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sir_andy_of_bad 6.5 years ago

Exact. White Inventors and "White Inventors" will poll completely different results as well.

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