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Thriftymaid

Do you use a private search engine, such as DuckDuckGo?

If you use DuckDuckGo it's time to change.  They just announced they are going to censor information THEY CONSIDER to be misinformation.     Their privacy policy  indicates they also save your searches.   

This site has great alternatives:     https://restoreprivacy.com/private-search-engine/

Posted - March 12, 2022
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  • 5451
    I used to use DuckDuckGo, but I’ve switched to using Qwant for the same reason.  DuckDuckGo’s censorship of search results really isn’t news in the tech world.  They’ve been doing it for some time now.
      March 12, 2022 8:07 PM MST
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  • 17592
    It's news for them.  They just made the announcement last week that they were starting.  They were bought out in the past couple years.  Qwant is a good one.  France. This post was edited by Thriftymaid at March 13, 2022 10:17 AM MDT
      March 12, 2022 10:16 PM MST
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  • 5451
    They might have made the announcement last week, but they’ve been censoring search results to conform to their political viewpoint for more than a year already.  I remember reading about that more than a year ago, so that’s why I switched.  I read in the same article that Qwant’s search results were politically neutral.
      March 13, 2022 10:31 AM MDT
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  • 17592
    It's good to use one that is under the legal jurisdiction of a foreign country. 
      March 13, 2022 4:58 PM MDT
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  • 13277
    Why use anything other than Google?
      March 12, 2022 8:10 PM MST
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  • 5451
    Reason #1:
    Internet privacy is important to me.

    Reason #2:
    I want uncensored results and news stories from all points of view.

    Reason #3:
      March 12, 2022 8:19 PM MST
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  • 53502

     

      In the past I did, but I have not used it for the past few years.
    ~

      March 13, 2022 12:18 AM MST
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  • 17592
    The link I provided gives the best private ones. Just reading through it is very educational. This post was edited by Thriftymaid at March 13, 2022 10:31 AM MDT
      March 13, 2022 10:11 AM MDT
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  • 53502

     

      Thank you, I appreciate it.
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      March 13, 2022 10:30 AM MDT
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  • 34246
    I use Brave. 
    I used DDGo for bit but did not like the results. 

    I watched the series Terminal List and the main character was all don't use your phone, keep it in airplane mode, use proton mail.  But then later in the show, he is shown using Google.  Lol
      August 20, 2022 5:26 AM MDT
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