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Do you think DuckDuckGo is a good choice for people who are concerned about their privacy? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 year ago by Kagathara@lemmy.ca to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] dan@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I use it everywhere but the search results are... variable. However it's plenty good enough for most situations.

I still switch back to Google if I'm not finding what I want (using DDG's !g keyword, which is pretty helpful - just add that anywhere in a search and it'll send you to Google), but at least I'm only doing that when I'm aware of it.

[–] Black616Angel@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Use !s for startpage! It's essentially a Google proxy with more security.

[–] dan@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

TIL, thanks!

[–] visiblink@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You can also use duckduckstart.com, which searches Startpage by default, but searches DuckDuckGo if you use a bang (!).

[–] _pete_@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I haven’t had this issue for a long time now, I’ve maybe done a Google search once in the last year and the results from it weren’t any better than those from DDG, plus the amount of excess shit on a Google SERP makes them utterly useless you are looking for the exact thing they’ve built a page for.