DuckDuckGo Challenges Google on Privacy (With a Billboard in San Francisco)

Re:DuckDuckGo Challenges Google on Privacy (With a Billboard... by mahmud on Thursday January 20, 2011 @12:27AM (#2122769)

Where do you draw the line? what governments is google allowed to hand over information to vs which ones it can deny?

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Re:DuckDuckGo Challenges Google on Privacy (With a Billboard... by dschobel on Thursday January 20, 2011 @12:49AM (#2122816)

The simple answer is wherever they have operations. I don't think it is unreasonable to say that if you are going to run ops within a country you implicitly have to follow the law of the land.

That being said, thinking they shouldn't be in a particular country which obligates them to do these things is a much more sound position than just saying they shouldn't follow the law in a few particular cases.

Ultimately, if you know they are operating in a country with a government which likes to do these sorts of things, caveat utilitor. (At least, try not to look so surprised when the police come knocking.)

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Re:DuckDuckGo Challenges Google on Privacy (With a Billboard... by mahmud on Thursday January 20, 2011 @04:07AM (#2123132)

wherever they have operations

And because of that I choose to use a 1-man search engine, without loss of quality, while gaining everything last bit of privacy.

And because of this, his stunt of a billboard ad is actually truthful.

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Re:DuckDuckGo Challenges Google on Privacy (With a Billboard... by dschobel on Thursday January 20, 2011 @05:18AM (#2123209)

Whether you place your trust in a multibillion dollar company, a one man shop, or just use an anonymizing proxy, the issues are the same.

The billboard is just noise and you are technically sophisticated enough to know better.

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