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viach on May 18, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Let's start using DuckDuckGo more often

Do you know that DDG is just a sophisticated proxy to another search engine under the hood, which probably has even lower standards for privacy than Google and using DDG you indirectly support it?

StevePerkins on May 18, 2019 | [–]

Well, yeah... hence the point of a proxy.

FabHK on May 18, 2019 | [–]

1. Yes, and that proxying provides value (privacy)

2. There's more to it, such as the bangs, keyboard-based result selection, etc.

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