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Re:Improving DuckDuckGo by kgraves on Monday November 12, 2018 @05:33PM (#18436602)
I much rather trust a product that is open source, which makes me slightly uncomfortable and concerned about DDG.
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Re:Improving DuckDuckGo by GordonS on Monday November 12, 2018 @06:15PM (#18436888)
So let's say they release their source code - how can they possibly prove that their servers are running that same code?
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Re:Improving DuckDuckGo by gregknicholson on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @01:39PM (#18452490)
If the code was AGPL'd and included contributions for which DDG didn't own the copyright (so DDG would be using the code under the terms of the AGPL), they'd be breaking the licence terms if they failed to disclose any changes.

It wouldn't be proof, but it would be a fairly strong commitment.

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Re:Improving DuckDuckGo by enriquto on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @03:55AM (#18439626)
at least for some functionalities, you can run it on your computer and observe the same behavior
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