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Careful ...

... what you search for otherwise the CIA/MI5 will be knocking on the dfoor 🙂 Will they need to exclude all EU citizens still in the UK?https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/feb/20/uk-google-users-to-lose-eu-gdpr-data-protections-brexit

Michael Ixer ● 2456d6 Comments

I have recently been considering switching from google, one the higher regarded browsers is called duckduckgo, has anyone used it?

Adam Tripp ● 2456d

Never heard of it before but I've just installed it. Looks like a good alternative. I'm all for busting monopolies. Avoiding privacy is a bonus.Thanks for highlighting it.

Freddie Francis ● 2456d

'Avoiding privacy threats' I should have said.

Freddie Francis ● 2456d

No I haven't.  As a matter of fact, I had never heard of it before.  I have just searched it and it looks great.It will be interesting to see what replies you get.

Ivonne Holliday ● 2456d

Must have admit I've not come across it before, looks interesting. Troubleisalot of commercial sites are only accredited for certain breeders; recently I was using a financial services site that stated it was only guaranteed to provide full functionalty on Internet Explorer only, and it didn't like special characters in passwords :-( (Anyway, it seemed to work ok on Chrome ...)

Michael Ixer ● 2456d

I have used this search engine from time to time over the last few years and like it. I use Macs. I must admit I don’t much like the idea of Google collecting data on my online usage, and Duck claims not to do so. I have however gone on using Google for more  complicated questions, and I’m not sure the search results on Duck are as comprehensive. I haven’t bothered to do a comparison. However I am increasingly annoyed by being presented with selected products which are adverts ahead of everything on Google, and I may use Duck more in the future.Nick

Nicholas Evans ● 2456d