Mastodawn

Maybe I'm missing a bigger picture here, but has anybody noticed when using #DuckDuckGo as a search engine that as results are coming up in the #browser you'll get a certain order of sites as the page is continuing to load, and just before the search results finish, the order gets changed on the final page? Like... I'll see a result I want to click on towards the top of the page, and just as I want to click on it, it will move.. sometimes many links below where it originally loaded up. Is this a browser thing?

Bloo (they/she) 🍓 🏳️‍⚧️ 🍉18h ago

It's such a wild thought that I've not had to use #Google in well over 6 weeks now. #DuckDuckGo has been a full replacement with the #NoAI subdomain. For the first time in my life!

I've tried search engines like Frontpage... But DuckDuckGo consistently gives me quality search results representing what I expected from the pre AI era.

Wild, idk what DDG has changed, because I've tried and failed miserably before. But this time round? Anything else is unusable! #Privacy #FuckAI

YOOTA 1d ago

DuckDuckGo’s VPN Passes Independent No-Log Audit

Securitum verified that DuckDuckGo's VPN doesn't store user identifying data. The full report is public, but in Europe you're locked into subscribing through Apple and Google's app stores.

https://yoota.it/en/duckduckgos-vpn-passes-independent-no-log-audit/

YOOTA 1d ago

La VPN di DuckDuckGo supera un nuovo audit indipendente sulla politica no-log

Securitum ha verificato che la VPN di DuckDuckGo non conserva dati identificativi degli utenti. Il rapporto completo è pubblico, ma in Italia l'abbonamento si può fare solo tramite gli store di Apple e Google.

https://yoota.it/la-vpn-di-duckduckgo-supera-un-nuovo-audit-indipendente-sulla-politica-no-log/

Bruce Winter 2d ago

Exploring AI through #DuckDuckGo is challenging. Chats are ok. Syncing and backing up, pinned chats, can't be done without using the DuckDuckGo browser. "Search Assist. While it may not have the same AI capabilities as other search engines, it still provides a straightforward ... experience"

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Bruce Winter 2d ago

No it doesn't 🤫! Adding another browser is unnecessary, IF apps and devices talked to one another. Currently, they are purposely designed to keep the gardens walled, not to facilitate a simple user experience . #DuckDuckGo , #Apple. Deleting History, on a Mac, will take out the pinned chats out!

hyperreal 2d ago

I've completed my free trial of Kagi and I can confirm that the quality of the search results it produces is superb.

A while back, I was searching for how to configure Postfix on Fedora CoreOS. I shared an image of my DDG search results, which showed genAI slop tutorial sites among the top three results.

I ran the same search query on Kagi, and the top two results were something close to what I wanted and which I could hypothetically work with. The thing is that there doesn't seem to be much info out there on setting up Postfix specifically on CoreOS to begin with.

On Kagi, the Shells KB slop site showed up as the third result, but Kagi allows me to report it as AI-generated and to exclude it from future search results.

Note: This should not be taken as a rigorous scientific study of a comparison between the two search engines. It's based on my direct experience.

#kagi #websearch #search #noai #duckduckgo

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Bearina has moved!2d ago

@serimemo … oh. Crypto bros, bigots and Peter Thiel in one place. That must be good /s

Do you know better alternatives? Firefox and Vivaldi maybe like the article suggests? And for search engines I might take another look at #DuckDuckGo and #Ecosia.

Teddy / Domingo (🇨🇵/🇬🇧)3d ago

#DuckDuckGo fait auditer son #VPN par Securitum : il n'a rien à envier aux ténors du marché. Le cabinet Securitum a passé au crible le VPN de DuckDuckGo pendant trois mois. Résultat : aucune trace de logs utilisateurs. La bonne nouvelle s'arrête là.
https://www.clubic.com/actualite-609409-duckduckgo-fait-auditer-son-vpn-par-securitum-et-le-resultat-rassure-les-utilisateurs.html

DuckDuckGo fait auditer son VPN par Securitum : il n'a rien à envier aux ténors du marché

Le cabinet Securitum a passé au crible le VPN de DuckDuckGo pendant trois mois. Résultat : aucune trace de logs utilisateurs. La bonne nouvelle s'arrête là.

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Bob K Mertz

3d ago

I'm really getting tired of Duck Duck Go returning results for my local area for nearly all of my searches despite those results being irrelevant to my search. It's insane that a privacy respecting search engine is constantly like "look look we know where you live.... Isn't that so cool?"

Sadly, there aren't any real alternatives (and no one say Kagi because fuck their AI shit)

#DuckDuckGo #Search