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[–] FIST_FILLET@lemmy.ml 37 points 1 year ago (3 children)

NO.

  1. it is US-based
  2. the CEO is the former founder of the “Names Database”

for the love of god, use anything but DDG. Qwant is EU-based and has decent results, SearX is another one which lets you choose between instances (or host your own).

please stop taking US “privacy” services seriously. i was hoping people would know better on here, compared to reddit

[–] utopianrevolt@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Kagi for the win!

[–] Postis1@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Does not really matter. US can ask another countrys authorities for information. Just look at what happend with protonmail

[–] Compactor9679@lemm.ee -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Postis1@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Does not really matter. US can ask another countrys authorities for information. Just look at what happend with protonmail