Apple considered ditching Google for DuckDuckGo in Safari’s private mode | But Apple exec argued DuckDuckGo wasn't as private as believed.::But Apple exec argued DuckDuckGo wasn't as private as believed.
Apple considered ditching Google for DuckDuckGo in Safari’s private mode | But Apple exec argued DuckDuckGo wasn't as private as believed.::But Apple exec argued DuckDuckGo wasn't as private as believed.
Also DDG is US based and has to submit to all the privacy invading American agencies. And they could be under a gag order nobody would ever know.
If privacy was a genuine concern for DDG they would have never based their business in the US.
Where should it be based then? I feel like you can't trust any state to not do this sort of thing to fight "terrorism" and "crime"
I would say Switzerland.
They have great privacy laws and a culture of secrecy from their banking history.
They definitely would have an NSA equivalent but with far less reach I would think. They are a "neutral country" as I see it so they don't need such a strong foreign spy agency…
At the very least, the US would be one of worse choice possible for privacy that's for sure.
Keep in mind that the spying done by the NSA was fully legal there. They had this whole framework of laws to justify and authorize it.
I mean the NSA intercepting CISCO routers to bug them ?
That's a bold move that most countries couldn't do…
https://www.infoworld.com/article/2608141/snowden--the-nsa-planted-backdoors-in-cisco-products.html
This sounds a little tinfoil-hat-y but I don't really know what I'm talking about.
It was done in the past for larger US based businesses. I don't see why it couldn't be done with DDG.
Also, if your businesses is under a gag order the most logical thing to do is to act like nothing is happening. Because for DDG privacy IS the product. They don't have better results than Google they are trying to differentiate through privacy (or the appearance of privacy).
Interesting, thanks for the insight.