Comment by hst-m | Hacker News Reader

Comment by hst-m | Hacker News Reader

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They call it the "DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser" yet it sends data back to their servers on every site you visit. Collecting all your search terms and saving them wasn't enough, now they want data on all the sites you visit outside of the DDG search page. That they refuse to turn it off tells you they are just as data-focused as every other company. They should update their app description: "By the way, every website you visit is being sent back to our servers, don't worry it's just for data collection purposes, no personal information, just every website you visit (LOL)"

For those of you who don't understand, Yes they are saving data on all your search terms, and Yes they are saving data on these favicon requests, don't be so naive, they admit it themselves. They are not going to turn this feature off because it is too valuable to have all your information on all the sites you visit

I think you're being downvoted because you chose to piggyback your comment on a seemingly unrelated one at the top, are being vitriolic, and didn't back up your claims with respect to their intent and refusal to change this.

Well it's related because Mozilla actually cares about your privacy vs DuckDuckGo which obviously could care less from their reaction to this issue. Their refusal to change this is all the proof you need to know. I dont even use DDG I use Google I just think its funny they have a "Privacy browser" that sends all the sites you visit back to their servers

It is not relevant to this sub-thread, and should have been a new top-level comment.

It's a direct reply to a comment on the sub-thread.

This is nonsense. DDG cares deeply.

We all, including Mozilla!, have made design decisions that in hindsight could have been better.

The important thing here is dialogue and change. And both are happening.

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That bit was unnecessary, and pretty tone-deaf given the current socio-political climate.

So let’s call them out on that, briefly, then get on with the argument.

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