I'm a little pissed I only just now found out DuckDuckGo is owned by a (((Weinberg)) with a shit record... (whatever)

submitted ago by DrSelfAppointed

I've been using DuckDuckGo for a good amount of time now. If I had only known.....

https://8ch.net/tech/ddg.html

https://twitter.com/yegg

He sounds like he cares, but how can you trust one of (((them)))? Is that why CP used to be easily found on the image search function until DDG was called out on it?

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Newmemba ago

Yandex is pretty good

DrSelfAppointed ago

Thanks, thought I think I like what I am getting out of searx.me

derram ago

https://archive.fo/hNw1k :

Gabriel Weinberg (@yegg) | Twitter

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goat404 ago

Users on voat have been informing others about this fact for about six million days

DrSelfAppointed ago

I didn't get the memo

Nalbarcam ago

anyone looking into duckduckgo has dsicovered this. always search into "origin of" and "current ownership of" or "stakeholders of"

DrSelfAppointed ago

good point. Kind of embarrassing this one slipped through on me for so long.

Nalbarcam ago

it's not that bad for basic metadata, it's likely that not -everything- is stored like with google. generally not good opsec to use "compromised" search engines, it really depends on if you're using a proxy, the type of computer you're on, what you're searching for / doing etc

if it's just daily bouncing around then no real harm. if you're looking up racial history, anarchist websites, forums like 8ch dot net, etc, then you should definitely be more secure

DrSelfAppointed ago

You are right, it's just getting obtuse rifling through all this shit. The bell curve of "can I trust it? - yeah - never mind," is tiring.

NACHTJAGD ago

pffffffffffff as goat404 says it's been discussed here for years and years, read this thread:

https://voat.co/v/technology/2632976

DrSelfAppointed ago

Thanks goys.