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Angeo34 | 5 years ago

I never got this logic. If it's about privacy they are obliged to proof that they are private especially with such a backstory. It's like Google saying "yes we are private" and then data share with the entirety of the US gov without any order. Why do you trust DDG did they do anything to earn your trust or is your trust that worthless?

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esperent|5 years ago

I don't have any particular trust in them. However, they've staked their entire business model on privacy. That would be foolish if their intent is to sell user info, because doing that is unlikely to stay private for long.

ssorallen|5 years ago

Their entire business model is [selling advertisements][0], same as Google.

[0]: https://help.duckduckgo.com/company/advertising-and-affiliat...

Dahoon|5 years ago

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codegladiator|5 years ago

Innocent until proven guilty. By your logic no new company can ever build anything which preserves privacy.

You cannot prove a service preserves your privacy. You can only prove that it does not preserve it.

mrweasel|5 years ago

How do you prove that you’re privacy focused? You have to somehow prove that there’s something you did’t do. That’s kinda hard, and not much different from keeping it a secret.