DuckDuckGo Removes Pirate Sites and YouTube-DL from Its Search Results

Re:DuckDuckGo Removes Pirate Sites and YouTube-DL from Its S... by derevaunseraun on Friday April 15, 2022 @05:32PM (#31046122)

When I read about the founder and their privacy policy, I get the impression that this is something they care about.

At the same time, as far as I know there has been no independent audit. Considering they made over 100 million in 2020, they clearly have the finances to fund an independent audit. It would also improve their reputation and clear up some of the uncertainty about their collection of user data in practice

Even better (but more unlikely): they could open source the search engine so we all can audit them.

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Re:DuckDuckGo Removes Pirate Sites and YouTube-DL from Its S... by 8bitsrule on Friday April 15, 2022 @06:28PM (#31046685)

Back when DDG first started, Gabe was asking for ideas/opinions on features they had and might add, and I talked to him on the phone for a few minutes. He seemed a pleasant, sincere and honest person, and I've seen nothing since to contradict that. Unlikely he's got that kind of time any more ... here's a (2018?) interview (with Vivaldi, they'd just made DDB their default search), listen for yourself. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OU9U26IWSYE]

Suspicious of most of the rotten-meat smells on the net as I am, I use DDG for everything. Compare the person(s) who said "Don't be evil" (then...) to picking the name DuckDuckGo.

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Re:DuckDuckGo Removes Pirate Sites and YouTube-DL from Its S... by arbitrandomuser on Friday April 15, 2022 @06:22PM (#31046646)

Open sourcing still won't solve the issue right . What they open souce needn't be exactly the same they run on their servers

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