In the few short hours since I started using #Threads, #DuckDuckGo has already blocked over 200 data tracking attempts. These include things like “headphone status” and “screen density.”

  • KuroJ@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    That’s insane, well I know one thing. This is making me want to go download the DuckDuckGo browser.

    • 0235@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      In the same week switching to DDG browser and to Lemmy. God dayum I wish there was a good alternative for Gmail.

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        1 year ago

        Wow, first time being called a shill 😂 Guess there’s a first time for everything 🤷🏾‍♂️

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          1 year ago

          A public Searxng instance is a great way to get some privacy back. We can run searches against multiple engines and settings stay in the local browser. Image searches can be proxied as well if the particular instance allows for it.

          Enjoy!

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          1 year ago

          Personally, I just found out about the Brave one. Giving that a try and it seems pretty good so far. Has an AI summarize at the top of the results which worked pretty well when I searched for a news item an hour ago.