Re:Duck Duck Go: Illusion of Privacy (2013)
by mirimir on Sunday September 24, 2017 @04:39AM
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As others have noted, Google gets singled out because they collect so much information.
It's true, however, that they don't want to share it. It may even be true that they specifically don't want the NSA etc to steal it from them. And indeed, I recall an unofficial Google response to Snowden's leaks:
> Fuck these guys.
> I've spent the last ten years of my life trying to keep Google's users safe and secure from the many diverse threats Google faces… But after spending all that time helping in my tiny way to protect Google -- one of the greatest things to arise from the internet -- seeing this, well, it's just a little like coming home from War with Sauron, destroying the One Ring, only to discover the NSA is on the front porch of the Shire chopping down the Party Tree and outsourcing all the hobbit farmers with half-orcs and whips.
So anyway, DDG arguably gives users some privacy from Google. But neither has a better claim to providing privacy from the NSA etc. Indeed, maybe it's Google that does, given their greater resources.
If you want more than that, use some mix of VPNs and Tor. Or if you're not feeling lucky, stay off the Internet ;)
It's true, however, that they don't want to share it. It may even be true that they specifically don't want the NSA etc to steal it from them. And indeed, I recall an unofficial Google response to Snowden's leaks:
> Fuck these guys.
> I've spent the last ten years of my life trying to keep Google's users safe and secure from the many diverse threats Google faces… But after spending all that time helping in my tiny way to protect Google -- one of the greatest things to arise from the internet -- seeing this, well, it's just a little like coming home from War with Sauron, destroying the One Ring, only to discover the NSA is on the front porch of the Shire chopping down the Party Tree and outsourcing all the hobbit farmers with half-orcs and whips.
https://www.theverge.com/2013/11/6/5072924/google-engineers-...
So anyway, DDG arguably gives users some privacy from Google. But neither has a better claim to providing privacy from the NSA etc. Indeed, maybe it's Google that does, given their greater resources.
If you want more than that, use some mix of VPNs and Tor. Or if you're not feeling lucky, stay off the Internet ;)