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Re:PRISM fears give private search engine DuckDuckGo its bes... by fmendez on Thursday June 13, 2013 @07:06PM (#5877215)
Exactly, I think what we might be needing is a non-US (perhaps Iceland or NZ) based alternative. The moment, duckduckgo becomes relevant enough (i.e significant traffic) then is game over IMO.
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Re:PRISM fears give private search engine DuckDuckGo its bes... by bigiain on Thursday June 13, 2013 @08:18PM (#5877576)
Ask Kim Dotcom about how well NZ's liberal laws worked out in practice when the US copyright police showed up asking the local cops to wildly overstep their legal authority…

I mean _seriously?_ Helicopters, silenced assault rifles, security dogs, and 72 cops - sent in against someone accused of _copyright infringement?_ And then a Hollywood showreel of the raid gets produced and publicised?

I _like_ New Zealand, they talk the talk, but when it comes to walking the walk - they're lead around by the nose to do whatever the US wants.

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