According to this, DuckDuckGo search engine can't be trusted.

[Batu69]

We recommend that you don't use DuckDuckGo if you seek a search engine that values your privacy. There's no confirmed proof that DuckDuckGo is violating your privacy, but there are some very suspicious things, however, that make certain other search engines far superior in that regard.

 

1.    Gabriel Weinberg, the founder of DuckDuckGo, used to run the Names Database.[1] This was a website that aimed to connect people who had lost contact by gathering lots and lots of e-mail addresses. Getting access could be done by either paying money, or submitting lots of e-mail addresses of other people. Since the service revolved around gathering personal information, it is very suspicious for Gabriel Weinberg to start a business that is privacy-oriented.

 

2.    DuckDuckGo used to set a tracking cookie, even though they claimed they didn't. This was done by a third party they cooperate with, which means that it wasn't necessarily intentional, but if it's unintentional, it shows a worrying lack of care.

 

3.    DuckDuckGo is based in the US. This makes it really easy for the NSA to compromise it. If it were based in the EU, for example, the NSA wouldn't have the legal power to force them to log everything without telling anyone. This wouldn't guarantee privacy, but it would make it a lot more plausible. Instead, they're based in the US, which means that the NSA can do whatever they want with them. There are secure search engines that are not based in the US.

 

We recommend that you don't use DuckDuckGo if you seek a search engine that values your privacy. There's no confirmed proof that DuckDuckGo is violating your privacy, but there are some very suspicious things, however, that make certain other search engines far superior in that regard.

 

Recommended Alternatives

 

None of this proves that DuckDuckGo is harmful for your privacy, but it is enough reason for strong suspicion. Luckily, there are search engines with a better track record. These are some suggestions.

 

    Startpage/Ixquick

    https://startpage.com/

    https://ixquick.com/

 

    These search engines are both run by the same company. Startpage gets its results from Google, meaning that it's Google minus tracking, and Ixquick gathers its results from many other search engines, but not Google. Both give equivalent privacy. Which one to use is a matter of preference.The company is based in the Netherlands, and it has servers located in the US and the EU. It is advisable to configure it to use only EU servers in the settings. There are many other settings which can give you extra privacy, often at the loss of performance. It also allows you to save settings with a simple, non-identifiable URL, in order to avoid cookies. It takes privacy very seriously.

 

    searx

    https://searx.me/

 

    Searx is a privacy-respecting metasearch engine with more practical features compared to Startpage and Ixquick, but with less privacy features. Its most important quality is the fact that it's completely free, libre and open source. This means that you can see what the server is supposed to be doing (keep in mind that there is no way to verify that the server is running the public source code), but it also means that other people can set up their own instance. There are many other instances which provide the same features. This makes it very hard for agencies like the NSA to compromise it. Even if searx is controlled by the NSA, they wouldn't have control over the other instances, and getting control over all instances would be practically impossible.

 

 

[1] https://archive.is/9wR4O (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_Database)

[2] https://archive.is/N2qe8 (http://www.eyerys.com/articles/people/search-engine-and-privacy-gabriel-weinberg)

[3] https://archive.is/qntuk (http://www.alexanderhanff.com/duckduckgone - Dead link)

 

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[steven36]

Pastebin  is not a reputable source who  is we ?  Startpage/Ixquick  is based in New York and the Netherlands so it's  USA  based as well  and now they are the same search engine they only give the same censored  results  as Google do  ,  Searx dont give good results ether .

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Ixquick (styled "ixquick") is a metasearch engine based in New York and the Netherlands.which highlights privacy as its distinguishing feature from other internet search engines

Founded by David Bodnick in 1998, Ixquick is owned by Surfboard Holding BV of the Netherlands, which acquired the internet company in 2000.Ixquick and its sibling project Startpage.com reached their latest record (28-day average) daily direct queries of 5.7 million on February 2, 2015.

 

Ixquick also provides the stand-alone proxy service, Ixquick Proxy, which has also been incorporated into both its Ixquick and Startpage search engines allowing users the option to open all search results via proxy.

 

On March 29, 2016, Ixquick was discontinued in the United States – officially "merged" with the same company's Startpage search engine (a search engine affiliated with Google, reportedly with some of the privacy features of Ixquick, but using Google searches). Users entering ixquick.com are now automatically re-routed to startpage.com. However, at the end of Ixquick's merger notice (linked from the Ixquick's new home page), the company reports: "We think you're going to love StartPage, but if you prefer original Ixquick search results, don't worry. They are still available at ixquick.eu." Ixquick had long declared, on its home page and/or linked pages, that it operated in compliance with European Union privacy standards, and it apparently retains its original European search engine, at present (April, 2016) – though obviously downplaying it in favor of moving Ixquick.com patrons to Startpage.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ixquick

From Prism Break [Let's Think again] Startpage and DuckDuckGo are lying or not.

https://github.com/nylira/prism-break/issues/168

I dont really trust no search engine to be private so i use a vpn , the government  can access https  look at how many https sites have been hacked by state hackers and  black hats.

 

Ixquick.com = Startpage.com =USA Based

Ixquick.eu  = EU based.

 

 

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Searx is a free search engine, available under a general public license Affero version 3, with the aim of protecting the privacy of its users. More precisely, it is a meta-search engine, inspired by the Seeks4 project. Unlike the latter, however, it does not yet have the ability to relay the best peer-to-peer results.

 

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Searx

Searx is in my list for a while but i rarely use it because i never get good results  i have like 20 search engines . mostly  i get good results for somethings at duckduck go  but i have book marks to many sites most web sites have there own search.. but sites like stratpage i never liked much.

 

1. i been hiding my ip since 2011

2. When Google removes results they get removed from startpage and i only use Google to look up news and for images  i use one the other 19 for anything else.

3. i use  to use Scroogle.org  witch Google throttled tell they shutdown. this was back when Google was not censoring

4. StartPage has a contract with Google that allows to use their official "Syndicated Web Search". You can find more information here:

https://support.startpage.com/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/147/0/why-does-google-let-startpage-access-their-search-results

5. Also DuckDuckGo  they promote the use of  Startpage/Ixquick

Other Search Engines  

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If you care about search privacy, you might also want to check out these other search engines that take it seriously by default.

• Ixquick [privacy policy]

Each does things a bit differently in terms of privacy and very differently in terms of results. And not all go as far as DuckDuckGo in some aspects. However, none store your personal information by default, which make them all pretty safe in our opinion.

 

https://duckduckgo.com/privacy

6. For all we know the FBI , NSA or Google could  of wrote that pastebin  because it's in Google's best interest  you use Startpage/Ixquick .com because they get paid for you using it.

[OrbingStorm]

[Cobaltius]

You can always use  Disconnect Search  

[46&2]

Pastebin is not a reputable source who is we ?

+1

[capt_blake]

Well, one could probably also have a look at the EU-based Qwant search (maybe, better at first - without registering an account):

https://www.qwant.com

"Qwant was launched in France in February 2013, after two years of research and development. The search engine, which is now European, continues to grow and innovate, and the whole Qwant team is proud to present the new version which includes:(...)"

"Qwant's philosophy is based on two principles: no user tracking and no filter bubble.
We do our best to respect the privacy of our online visitors while ensuring a secure environment and relevant results.(...)
--
I haven't used it routinely myself. Looks fancy though.
..recalled to mention it, while reading through the topic.
Cheers.

[melek]

They are wolves in sheep's clothing. Besides that cookie is inserted into the browser, and more used redirect on links (not always). Scum.