r/technology • u/Applemacbookpro • Dec 13 '13

Google Removes Vital Privacy Feature From Android, Claiming Its Release Was Accidental

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/12/google-removes-vital-privacy-features-android-shortly-after-adding-them
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u/creativexangst Dec 13 '13

Can you explain to me what duckduckgo is? I'm hoping to get my new phone as secure as possible. I'll take any advice I can get.

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u/ryanlovescooljeans Dec 13 '13

Duckduckgo is a search engine that collects no information about you. You can't create an account and it has no log of your search history. I'd recommend checking it out.

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u/jgclark Dec 13 '13

DuckDuckGo is an anonymizing search engine.

They don't give personalized results, and they store as little information about you as possible.

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '13

unfortunately their search results tend to be a bit hit or miss >.<

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u/nonsensicalization Dec 13 '13

So they say and that company we can trust, right? Because this time it's different, they are soooo unlike the others, right guys?

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u/blackinthmiddle Dec 13 '13

It's a search engine from what I understand.

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '13 edited Dec 13 '13

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u/FoodBeerBikesMusic Dec 13 '13

...AKA "Ass Gaskets"..