restingboredfaceApr 11, 2024

DuckDuckGo Is Taking Its Privacy Fight to Data Brokers

https://sh.itjust.works/post/17663346

DuckDuckGo Is Taking Its Privacy Fight to Data Brokers - sh.itjust.works

Curious about everyone’s thoughts on this. Archive link : https://archive.is/Ql81V [https://archive.is/Ql81V]

Show threadiMastariApr 11, 2024
Another great site that does this and is promoted by Nord VPN: Incogni
Data Broker Removal Service | Incogni

Data brokers are collecting, aggregating and trading your personal data without you knowing anything about it. We make them remove it.

Show threadResoluteCatnapApr 11, 2024

Not end to end encrypted afaict. The only way id ever consider a service like this is if it was e2e.

Also incogni is owned by surfshark which i think is more important than their partnership with nordvpn

Show threadAmerikan Pharaoh
What’s the tea on surfshark?
Apr 11, 2024 at 7:09pmWeb
Show threadResoluteCatnapApr 11, 2024

Few years ago they killed their killswitch . I believe it was technically still an option but they reduced it’s capabilities so that it wasn’t functionally a reliable killswitch.

They also got heat for installing root CA certs. techradar.com/…/new-research-reveals-surfshark-tu…

Just some questionable decisions

New research reveals Surfshark, TurboVPN, VyprVPN are installing risky root certificates

Security design flaw paves the way for surveillance or man-in-the-middle attacks

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