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

Re:DuckDuckGo Removes Pirate Sites and YouTube-DL from Its S... by amelius on Saturday April 16, 2022 @12:14PM (#31053510)

Thanks for the explanation.

> But most plainly, we have no incentive or reason to do otherwise.

One reason is: to improve your services. Other reasons could appear over time.

> Sadly I can not think of a way to verify them (let me know if you have one).

The privacy claims could be verified by recurring external audits.

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Re:DuckDuckGo Removes Pirate Sites and YouTube-DL from Its S... by freediver on Saturday April 16, 2022 @02:13PM (#31054640)

> The privacy claims could be verified by recurring external audits.

Not in reality. Nothing prevents a bad player from misusing user data once an audit is done. External audit would only be a good cover.

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