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[–] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Aww man seriously DuckDuckGo is on the list? Ugh... Welp, does anyone know of any good alternatives? (I hear Ecosia's not half-bad...)

[–] drascus@sh.itjust.works 2 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Duckduckgo is not the problem. They are using publicly scrapable information. So for instance if they have fingerprinted your device they see you go to duckduckgo, then they see you access a site about buying guns, it becomes trivial to determine what you searched for. They would not have direct access to what you search on duckduckgo and duckduckgo is not giving them access. They are using various methods to collect data based on habits. You can use literally any service you want and they could do the same thing.

[–] RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago

If that's true, why bother "monitoring" a search engine? This whole list screams of somebody who knows nothing about tech put out a vague RFP and a contractor pulled a list of "top sites" and used it to justify an egregious proposal cost.

DOGE, if you're looking for waste and fraud, perhaps here's a good source.

Oh shit.

Well that clears things up. Thanks for the explanation. thumbs-up