DuckDuckGo : Trackless browser?

**American Patriot** · June 14th, 2013, 18:28

https://duckduckgo.com/

https://duckduckgo.com/privacy#s4

https://duckduckgo.com/settings

Thought you might all like to look this over. Havent had a lot of time to evaluate it yet.

DuckDuckGo does not collect or share personal information. That is our privacy policy in a nutshell. The rest of this page tries to explain why you should care.

Last updated on 04/11/12. Removed ", which gets sent to my personal email." in last paragraph as our feedback is now handled by multiple team members via desk.com.
Before that, on 03/11/12. Removed dead link (Scroogle) and added a missing 'to'.
Before that, on 11/16/10. This paragraph was added.
Before that, on 9/25/10. This paragraph was added.
Before that, on 9/16/10. This paragraph was added.

**American Patriot** · June 14th, 2013, 18:30

How To Keep Your Government From Spying On You

Filed under: Statism, Police State, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Constitution — 1 Comment
June 14, 2013

Or At Least Make It More Difficult

Assuming that your data is being watched, what might you do to hide it?

First, consider not putting so much stuff out there in the first place. Wuergler devised a program he calls Stalker that can siphon off nearly all of your digital information to put together an amazingly complete portrait of your life and pretty much find out where you are at all times. Use Facebook if you must, but realize you’re making it easy for the government to track and find you when they choose to do so.
A second step toward increased privacy is to use a browser like DuckDuckGo, which does not collect the sort of information—say, your IP address—that can identify you with your Internet searches. Thus, if the government bangs on their doors to find out what you’ve been up to, DuckDuckGo has nothing to hand over. I have decided to make DuckDuckGo my default for general browsing, turning to Google only for items such as breaking news and scholarly articles. (Presumably, the NSA would be able to tap into my searches on DuckDuckGo in real time.)
Third, TOR offers free software and a network of relays that can shield your location from prying eyes. TOR operates by bouncing your emails and files around the Internet through encrypted relays. Anyone intercepting your message once it exits a TOR relay cannot trace it back to your computer and your physical location. TOR is used by dissidents and journalists around the world. On the downside, in my experience it operates more slowly than, say, Google.”

**Phil Fiord** · June 15th, 2013, 01:54

TOR has been corrupted as a safe haven for trackless browsing as exit nodes are visible. Yes, it may be safer but it is painfully slow.

duckduckgo is a search engine I have used from time to time and it really is one held as a safer search engine to privacy advocates.