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Asking for a friend: just found out DuckDuckGo depends on Amazon. What else can I use (NOT Google!)
1/14/21 | Me, Myself, & I

Posted on 01/13/2021 9:46:03 PM PST by EinNYC

I had recommended DuckDuckGo to my friend as a better search engine because supposedly it did not track you like Google did. But now I find out that DDG depends on an Amazon platform or something, and that it DOES store some of your information. Is there a better search engine that truly does not track you? I will relay any info garnered here to my friend, and possibly incorporate it myself. Thanks.


TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: duckduckgo; searchengine
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To: nickcarraway

“Brave is a Search Engine, not a Browser.”

The other way around.


41 posted on 01/13/2021 11:30:00 PM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you care! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: FreedomPoster

Computeractive is a very good magazine but you can’t read any of their articles online. I have to download the entire magazine then summarize it.


42 posted on 01/13/2021 11:41:22 PM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: EinNYC

Ah yes, the weekly “I hate DDG because my grandma’s friend’s neice said they are in bed with google!” thread. Posted by someone without the skills or courtesy to actually do some research first.

And once again we’ll show DDG is very good and has excellent privacy, but the rumor patrol of retards will say, “but my grandma said...and I trust her. (plugging fingers in ears) blah blah blah I can’t hear you...”

A similar crowd here claimed Parler was Chinese, 5G will give you cancer, the military has the watermarked servers (or whatever), and GM foods will make you grow a 3rd eye.

Peace.


43 posted on 01/13/2021 11:55:59 PM PST by Basket_of_Deplorables (Convention Of States is our only hope now!)
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To: EinNYC

On a related note: I just switched to the “Brave” browser, and it is equal or better compared to Chrome and Firefox.

I highly recommend.


44 posted on 01/13/2021 11:57:44 PM PST by UnwashedPeasant (Trump is the last legally elected U.S. President.)
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To: EinNYC

Bttt


45 posted on 01/13/2021 11:59:08 PM PST by Eagles6
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To: nickcarraway

I think you got it backwards, though I tend to think it was a typo and you knew that :D. Brave is a browser and a good one. Brandon Eich is one of the founders of Brave. He developed javascript worked with Netscape and Mozilla. He was forced out at as CEO of Mozilla in 2014 over his opposition to same-sex marriage.


46 posted on 01/14/2021 12:20:26 AM PST by Zack Attack
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To: EinNYC

4search.com


47 posted on 01/14/2021 12:24:33 AM PST by Lean-Right (Eat More Moose)
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To: EinNYC

https://rightdao.com/search


48 posted on 01/14/2021 12:27:02 AM PST by Silentgypsy (Call an addiction hotline and say you're hooked on phonics.)
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To: EinNYC

I have been using DDG for years. after the election their results have been identical to Google. They have sold out. For example, search “election fraud arrests” and all you see are dozens of results saying there is no evidence, “baseless” claims, and Biden is the most beloved human being since Saint Obama of Kenya. I scrapped them for thor. It’s a start.


49 posted on 01/14/2021 12:32:52 AM PST by Organic Panic (Flinging poo is not a valid argument)
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To: EinNYC

Try Right Dao.


50 posted on 01/14/2021 12:34:53 AM PST by Farcesensitive (K is coming)
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To: EinNYC

The real problem is a whole lot of things use the amazon cloud.

JoMa


51 posted on 01/14/2021 12:36:46 AM PST by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: EinNYC
Dissenter! Its from Gab. No tracking! Block Big Tech Ads and Trackers, Comment on any URL, and the fastest damn browser I've ever seen!
52 posted on 01/14/2021 1:10:12 AM PST by The MAGA-Deplorian (It is the Trump way! It is the only way!)
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To: EinNYC

Bookmark


53 posted on 01/14/2021 1:17:09 AM PST by Pajamajan ( PRAY FOR OUR NATION. I will never be a peaceful slave in a new Socialist America.)
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To: nickcarraway

Actually, Brave is a browser, based on Chrome. The default search engine is DDG, but that is easily changed. They also give you the choice of using Quant, Yahoo, Google, and Startpage. (I chose Startpage, and removed the rest.) I abandoned Firefox recently after the comments by the Mozilla CEO, and abandoned DDG after looking at where it sends its corporate donations. Brave appears to be fast, and its Private Browsing function lets you use TOR for even more untraceability. It is also compatible with the Chrome plugin for Enpass, the password manager. I’m running it on four platforms now, one of them being Ubuntu Linux. Liking this combination alot!


54 posted on 01/14/2021 2:09:20 AM PST by RhoTheta (“I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.” Edith Sitwell)
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To: EinNYC

Forgo the concerns of selecting the right browser and the right search engine.

Your perceived sense of privacy goes no further than to shield you from the Social thugs that now plague virtually every corner of our existence.

Just be responsible in your rhetoric.


55 posted on 01/14/2021 3:15:19 AM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: RhoTheta

>> Actually, Brave is a browser, based on Chrome.

Yup, and there’s nothing wrong with that.

>> TOR for even more untraceability

True, but not beneficial. Any near-symmetric activity renders the technique useless. Furthermore, the use of these “invisible” channels only invites suspicion.


56 posted on 01/14/2021 3:31:23 AM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Organic Panic

You’re full of it - I just did “election fraud arrests” search on DDG and found a load of stories on said arrests.


57 posted on 01/14/2021 3:31:32 AM PST by Spacetrucker (George Washington didn't use his freedom of speech to defeat the British - HE SHOT THEM .. WITH GUNS)
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To: BigEdLB
https://brave.com/

Yes. I use the brave browser and it not only blocks ads but you can set up very aggressive tracking blockers as well. Then you can use Google without being tracked.

58 posted on 01/14/2021 4:25:37 AM PST by Bearshouse
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To: EinNYC

Go to Brave.com as your search engine.


59 posted on 01/14/2021 4:45:42 AM PST by jmaroneps37
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To: Salamander

Same there...Brave + DDG but I’m agile if they go traitor.


60 posted on 01/14/2021 5:00:01 AM PST by DCBryan1 (COMDEMS would rather rule over a pile of ashes, than lose to Trump and REAL Americans)
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