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Re: Why DuckDuckGo is better for web development

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On 2014-02-21, Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> wrote:
> On 2014-02-19, RS Wood <rswood@therandymon.com> wrote:
>> From the stole this from hackernews quack quack department:
>> Title: Why DuckDuckGo is better for web development
>> Author:
>> Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 08:34:44 -0500
>> Link: http://devblog.avdi.org/2014/02/16/why-duckduckgo-is-better-for-web-development-a-pictorial-guide/
>>
>> Comments[1]
>>
>> Links:
>> [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7251559 (link)
>
> Ixquick has been my preferred search service for some time; they also
> stress privacy <https://www.ixquick.com/eng/aboutixquick/>
>

Glad to discover this one; I'd never heard of it before.  At the risk of
annoying other readers, I'm reposting their "ten reasons you're safe
here" as I find it interesting and thought-provoking.  Looks like they
act as a proxy or anonymizer for other search enginers, whereas DDG is
itself an alternative search engine.  It still seems useful though.

As an American, I'm really interested to see how many Internet service
providers now tout "We're not in the USA" as a point in their favor.
And I agree that's a benefit these days.  I chose Fruux.com for
calendaring and addressbook, and one of the reasons I chose them is that
they're in Germany.

To my American politicans I'd just like to say, "nice work, idiots."

---------------
10 Ways Ixquick Helps You Take Back Your Privacy

1 Ixquick doesn't store your IP address, use tracking cookies, or make a
record of your searches.  We do not keep any information about the
people who search through Ixquick or what they search for. Nothing.
Nada. Zilch.

2 Ixquick protects you from NSA surveillance and spying.  Your search
session with Ixquick is protected through powerful SSL encryption so no
one - not hackers, not your ISP, not even the federal government - can
eavesdrop on your searches. (Read more here)

3 Ixquick gives you high quality results in complete privacy.  When you
search with Ixquick, we remove all identifying information from your
query and submit it anonymously to multiple other search engines for
you. We get the results and return them to you in total privacy.

4 Ixquick is a Dutch company, so it is not under US jurisdiction.
Because our company is based in the Netherlands, US data collection
programs like PRISM, the Patriot Act, FISA courts, etc. do not directly
apply to us. We have never cooperated with spying programs like PRISM.
(Plus we have no user data to begin with.)

5 Ixquick offers a free proxy with every search.  With our proxy, not
only can you search privately, but you can view the pages you find
through Ixquick anonymously and in complete security. To learn more,
please see our combined Startpage/Ixquick proxy overview video here.

6 Ixquick is third-party certified for privacy.  We not only promise our
users total privacy, we back up those claims with rock-solid evidence,
through stringent third-party auditing and certification. Here are
details: http://www.european-privacy-seal.eu/ws/EPS-en/Ixquick-starpage

7 Ixquick has been doing privacy longer than anyone else - since way
before privacy was "cool".  Our company was founded in 1999, and we've
been focused on privacy since 2006.

8 When it comes to security, Ixquick runs the tightest ship on the
Internet.  We've been ahead of the privacy curve for years, and we
consistently outscore other search engines on independent measures of
security. We were the first search engine to offer default SSL
encryption, and now we are the first private search engine to offer
Perfect Forward Secrecy and the latest version of Transport Layer
Security.

9 Ixquick breaks you free of the search engine "Filter Bubble".  Major
search engines now "personalize" or "pre-screen" the search results they
serve you, based on what they know about you from past searches and
other services you use. While some people love this, others see it as
privacy-invading censorship. Regardless of your views, with Ixquick, you
get clean, anonymous, non-filtered results every time, because nobody
knows who you are.

10 By using Ixquick, you send a powerful pro-privacy message in the
marketplace.  Each time you use an online service, you cast a vote in
support of the policies and practices of that service. By using Ixquick,
you are casting a powerful vote for a private Internet where people can
access information anonymously without fear of government surveillance
or reprisal.

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Why DuckDuckGo is better for web development RS Wood  <rswood@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-19 15:14 +0000
  Re: Why DuckDuckGo is better for web development Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2014-02-21 17:33 +0000
    Re: Why DuckDuckGo is better for web development RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-22 12:25 +0000
      Re: Why DuckDuckGo is better for web development Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-02-22 15:24 +0200
        Re: Why DuckDuckGo is better for web development RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-22 13:40 +0000

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