Em :official_verified:<p>I used to love and recommend DuckDuckGo,</p><p>But now I can't get rid of its AI feature from my privacy browsers,</p><p>And I must let DuckDuckGo Go :duckduckgo: :blobcatsadpats: </p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/NoAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoAI</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a></p>
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Tarnport<p>I'm having a lot of trouble with duckduckgo and its player and app on Android. Mojeek doesn't give me images, which is a lot of my use. Does anyone have suggestions of ethical secure backup browsers? Thx. (Now d/l qwant and ecosia to check them out. Others?)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Browsers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Browsers</span></a></p>
Irena<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Tutanota" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Tutanota</span></a></span> Duck duck and ecosia. They're both fine. </p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Ecosia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ecosia</span></a>.</p>
nikolasdi<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Tutanota" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Tutanota</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/selfhosted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfhosted</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/searxng" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>searxng</span></a> using <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mullvadleta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mullvadleta</span></a> brave and google engines, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/duckduckgo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>duckduckgo</span></a>.</p>
Heinz Wittenbrink<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Tutanota" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Tutanota</span></a></span> I am using <a href="https://graz.social/tags/Qwant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Qwant</span></a> and <a href="https://graz.social/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a>. I fall back to <a href="https://graz.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> for some special searches, but I avoid being logged in. I am preparing to delete my Google account.</p>
René<p><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/qwant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>qwant</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/ecosia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/duckduckgo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>duckduckgo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/DeGoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeGoogle</span></a> isn’t so difficult. Just do it. Bring the <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/bigtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigtech</span></a> down before it destroys you and your life. </p><p>'Googles zoekmachine in Europa naar laagste marktaandeel ooit' <a href="https://www.security.nl/posting/885905/%27Googles+zoekmachine+in+Europa+naar+laagste+marktaandeel+ooit%27?channel=rss" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">security.nl/posting/885905/%27</span><span class="invisible">Googles+zoekmachine+in+Europa+naar+laagste+marktaandeel+ooit%27?channel=rss</span></a></p>
konsensor :mastodon:<p>So, <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Waterfox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Waterfox</span></a> kommt wieder weg. Seit ein paar Tagen ständig am rumzicken. Seit heute früh kaum noch eine Seite aufrufbar. 🤷🏻♂️ Mit <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Safari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Safari</span></a>, <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> und <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a> hingegen keinerlei Probleme. 🤷🏻♂️ Tschüss Waterfox, war nett mir dir. 👋</p>
Donald Hobern<p>So, is <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a> now using AI to rewrite preview text for <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a> pages?</p><p>If I search e.g. for "Bob Dylan", the preview for WIkipedia on <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> and <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Bing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bing</span></a> is the start of the Wikipedia page.</p><p>DDG has replaced it with generic "Learn about ..." text that does not appear in the HTML. The same happens with other searches for prominent people. I haven't explored further.</p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/GenerativeML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeML</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enshittification</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/@Kulei" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Kulei</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@jeffjarvis" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jeffjarvis</span></a></span> here you go:</p><p><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/autism-registry-state-mandate-rfk-jr-2063082" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newsweek.com/autism-registry-s</span><span class="invisible">tate-mandate-rfk-jr-2063082</span></a></p><ul><li>DE, IN, ND, RI, UT, WV and espechally <a href="https://www.nj.gov/health/fhs/autism/public/registry/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NJ</a></li></ul><p>Remember: <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a> is your friend and any <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AutismRegistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AutismRegistry</span></a> is <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ableist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ableist</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/eugenicist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eugenicist</span></a> shute that needs to be destroyed by any means necessary and outlawed as a matter if principle!</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autism</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Registry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Registry</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SurveillanceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceState</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PoliceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceState</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Eugenucs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eugenucs</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Ableism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ableism</span></a></p>
hacknorris<p>OKAY FOLKS. NOW I CAN SAY THAT <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DUCKDUCKGO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DUCKDUCKGO</span></a> IS FULLY ENSHITTIFIED</p><p>like yeah, i understand AI in some cases but throwing whole input to ai to block for example filtering out words is just bad. results are enshittified too, they just behave WORSE than google now, gotta go back (with udm 14)</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/web" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>web</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Internet</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>search</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WebDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WebDev</span></a></p>
Revath S Kumar :javascript:<p>TIL : You can switch off Ads on <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a> search settings. </p><p><a href="https://duckduckgo.com/settings" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">duckduckgo.com/settings</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Franky Tegeler - Der Stadtwolf<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@dazo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dazo</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@e_mydata" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>e_mydata</span></a></span> <br>I use the Tracker Blocker from <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a>. It's the first time you can see what data the apps are accessing. This includes the OS used, the complete hardware, other apps, and of course, contact information. The affected apps are now all being replaced. One smartphone already runs <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://lemmy.ml/c/lineageos" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lineageos</span></a></span>, and the others are being switched over as well. Yes, it's true. Sometimes you need an app from the Play Store.</p>
Der Brüsseler 🇪🇺<p>Suche gerade im Netz Informationen zu einer Spülmaschine, die trotz Fehlercode F3 heizt. Suchergebnisse auf <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a> sind nicht zu gebrauchen. <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Qwant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Qwant</span></a> und <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> liefern deutlich bessere Suchergebnisse. Ich bleib dabei: <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/DDG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DDG</span></a> kann es nicht.</p>
Bo Morgan<p>Just switched my computer from an old media server to an old PC I built ~2020 and my bro upgraded my graphics card to one that is only ~9 year old tech. It's a big improvement for gaming compared to what I had before.</p><p>Also, I dumped Ubuntu and I've got pretty much everything back up and running with Debian.</p><p>Also, I switched my search engine in Librewolf to Gigablast, which is an open source search engine and much faster than DuckDuckGo so far.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debian</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ubuntu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ubuntu</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaming</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/gigablast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gigablast</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/duckduckgo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>duckduckgo</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nvidia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nvidia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/geforce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geforce</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/gtx1070" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gtx1070</span></a></p>
Asheville Charlie<p>Ok fedifam, I asked yesterday about if there's an online tool to check what ad tracking BS your <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/browser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>browser</span></a> is leaking and surprisingly got no answer so I got off my butt and hunted it down.</p><p>Unsurprisingly of course the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EFF</span></a> has a tool. </p><p>My <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/duckduckgo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>duckduckgo</span></a> browser with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mullvad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mullvad</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vpn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vpn</span></a> aced it.</p><p>How do YOU rate?<br><a href="https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">coveryourtracks.eff.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>edit<br>Make sure to test your browser as some clicks from Mastodon open their internal browser</p>
Michael / Chgowiz 🎲🎲<p>If you'd like to remove DuckDuckGo's AI features from a search, and get pre-slop results, try this:</p><p><a href="https://duckduckgo.com/?kz=-1&kp=-2&kak=-1&kax=-1&kaq=-1&kap=-1&kao=-1&kau=-1&kbg=-1&kbe=0&df=2001-01-01..2021-12-31&q=%s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">duckduckgo.com/?kz=-1&kp=-2&ka</span><span class="invisible">k=-1&kax=-1&kaq=-1&kap=-1&kao=-1&kau=-1&kbg=-1&kbe=0&df=2001-01-01..2021-12-31&q=%s</span></a></p><p>(replace %s with your search term)</p><p>It disables all the AI features and it limits the search from 1/1/2001 to the end of 2021, right before ChatGPT came online and the slop began. </p><p>I know this means later info isn't searched, but it's getting harder these days to find new content. </p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Search</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enshittification</span></a></p>
Stevez<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sauropods.win/@futurebird" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>futurebird</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@lnlyisol" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lnlyisol</span></a></span> What about trying:<br>cute "ant" stickers <br>?<br>Works on <a href="https://witter.cz/tags/duckduckgo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>duckduckgo</span></a> every time 😊</p>
Estelle Platini<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://literatur.social/@v_d_richards" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>v_d_richards</span></a></span> <br>I certainly did not know either. But i searched for it – on DuckDuckGo 😄 </p><p>The core browser functionality of the <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a> browser is the WebView component provided by the operating system. This means that the browser engine is <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Blink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blink</span></a> on Android and Windows [my last option], and WebKit on iOS and macOS [not an option in my poll].</p><p>Sorry for the complication.</p>
Ian Brown 👨🏻💻<p>Modern e-shopping:
1. <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23DuckDuckGo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DuckDuckGo</a> search. Usually works well, but today gave me an out-of-stock e-commerce aggregator I never heard of.
2. <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Amazon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Amazon</a>: dark patterns so complex I could not figure out how to order enough to get free delivery. Had to cancel order which charged it.
3. <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23eBay" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#eBay</a>: just worked! ✅</p>
Vorinstanz :mastodon:<p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a> über <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a> </p><p>Die <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Suchmaschine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Suchmaschine</span></a> unterliegt dem "USA Patriot Act" und "hat Behörden wie dem FBI, der NSA und der CIA ... Zugriff auf seine Server zu gewähren".</p><p>Europäische Alternativen nutzen, wenn es um <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> und <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Datenschutz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Datenschutz</span></a> geht. Meine Schlussfolgerung fürs Erste...</p>
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