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10. Duck Duck Go

Wed Jun 1, 2022, 05:18 PM

Jun 2022

Well I've noticed a great improvement in (lack of) targeted ads since I switched to Duck Duck Go.

I'm skeptical that DDG ever queries Google for search results. I've had to manually query Google sometimes when the results from DDG are skimpy. It's a rare thing, but happens occasionally.

And yeah, it's a continuing fight to keep some privacy. I'm very old school and have a long list of things that are just not-their-business. Lol, I don't even do loyalty cards at grocery stores. Guess I'm an edge case.

But with VPNs there can be lives at stake. E.g. activists being hunted down when the VPN they thought was secure was compromised.

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