DuckDuckGo Doesn't Hide or Encrypt User Search History

Posted by testybesty44 on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @05:11PM
from the blog.searchencrypt.com dept.

https://blog.searchencrypt.com/search-engines/duckduckgos-biggest-privacy-flaw/

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Re:DuckDuckGo Doesn't Hide or Encrypt User Search History by nkkollaw on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @05:14PM (#18233336)

This is an advertisement for SearchEncrypt (whatever that is).

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Re:DuckDuckGo Doesn't Hide or Encrypt User Search History by ocdtrekkie on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @05:18PM (#18233359)

I, uh, want to be able to look at my search history? Local, on my PC, like it is in my browser. If people can see your browsing history, your search history really isn't telling them much more.

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Re:DuckDuckGo Doesn't Hide or Encrypt User Search History by emrox on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @04:00AM (#18237058)

Also you can go to Settings -> Privacy and turn off GET requests. With this done the search term is also not shown on the browsers title

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