Thanks for responding. Honestly, knowing that there are people behind it who read HN and are humans lends it credibility. Glad to hear there may be a viable competitor to google, and I'll check it out. Mostly because the big g has started demanding re captchas on normal searches from my VPN IP, which is clean and I have owned for years. Some of the marketing I've seen mentioned, "AI-powered anti-tracking technology"; could you please elaborate on what that means?

This is our anti-tracking tech we include in the Cliqz browser and also in the Ghostery Extension. We have another post lined up in the series on this (in a couple of weeks), but it's also been described in our blog posts[1] and our 2016 paper[2].

[1]: https://whotracks.me/blog/how_cliqz_antitracking_protects_us...

[2]: https://static.cliqz.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Cliqz-St...

How are there even two sides to the discussion internally? I'd sooner cut off my left nut with a spoon than trust any company named 'Cliqz.'

You might as well name yourself "Nigerian Princes Inc."

Well there are people who believe this and others who believe that ... as I said - very strong opinions (like yours) on both sides of the aisle even internally. Interesting proposal with the Nigerian Inc. - if we ever launch an email service or - better - a Spam filter, I’ll make sure to name the company Nigerian Princes Inc.!

So what you are saying is that you trust Google more than a German/European company, where the laws are way more strict.

Enjoy 1 nut.

( Extreme comment fyi )

I don't have to chose between the two. I trust neither.

Put your contact info here or in your profile and I'll send a really good idea...

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