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1. Google drops ad-targeting tech FLoC, introduces replacement: (Business Intelligence); ... from others like DuckDuckGo, Vivaldi, WordPress and Brave. The digital rights organisation, Electronic Frontier Foundation, also expressed serious reservations about FLoC. In a blog post about Topics, ...; Created on 27 January 2022
2. Brave browser ditches Google as default search engine: (Apps); ... the company said it would replace Google for users in the US, the UK and Canada; replace Qwant in France; and DuckDuckGo in Germany. More countries are to be added in the future. Brave was started by ...; Created on 21 October 2021
3. Fake news: News Corp claims Huawei pulling out of Australia: (Open Sauce); ... smear someone or a company, it might be a good idea for her to check a few of her claims before rushing to publish. It's quite simple; there's a website called Google [or one called Bing or one called DuckDuckGo ...; Created on 12 October 2021
4. Email privacy with DuckDuckGo: (Security); Pass out your new DuckDuckGo email address and the service will strip out all the trackers from incoming email before forwarding to your actual address. Announced just yesterday, DuckDuckGo is expanding ...; Created on 21 July 2021
5. VIDEO Interview Aussie millionaire gaming genius: Luke Millanta, launches AlerTor, the Dark Web tracking tool: (Guest Interviews); ... the dark web, and while the DuckDuckGo search engine is reported to search some dark web sites, it's not a complete tool. In fact, to search the dark web itself, there is a search engine called DarkSearch.io, ...; Created on 19 April 2021
6. WordPress to treat Google's new ad-tracking tech as a security issu: (Business Intelligence); ... the launch of a trial on 30 March. Privacy-focused engine DuckDuckGo and the companies behind the browsers Vivaldi and Brave have also opposed Google's move. Vivaldi's chief executive Jon von Tetzchner ...; Created on 19 April 2021
7. VIDEO Interview: Aussie millionaire gaming genius, Luke Millanta, launches AlerTor, the Dark Web tracking tool: (Home Tech); ... the dark web, and while the DuckDuckGo search engine is reported to search some dark web sites, it's not a complete tool. In fact, to search the dark web itself, there is a search engine called DarkSearch.io, ...; Created on 16 April 2021
8. DuckDuckGo, Vivaldi join Brave in opposing Google's new ad-targeting tec: (Business Intelligence); The companies behind privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo and Norwegian browser Vivaldi have joined the Brave browser chiefs in opposing Google's new experimental ad-targeting technology known as Federated ...; Created on 15 April 2021
9. Google directly appealing to Australian Google Search users over News Media code: (Technology Regulation); ... news code that doesn’t break Google Search." With Google the most popular search engine in the world, despite the efforts of Bing, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia, Yahoo and others, Google effectively has a direct ...; Created on 29 January 2021
10. Memo to Google and Facebook: please pack your bags and go: (Open Sauce); ... gladly give up my use of Android. I have used DuckDuckGo since 2009, along with the occasional use of Bing. No more Chrome either; I use Firefox, Opera, Vivaldi and, more recently, Edge. I have a dummy ...; Created on 23 January 2021
11. Review: hardware makes the Huawei nova 7i purchase worthwhile: (Smartphones & Mobile devices); ... I stopped using Gmail in 2009, and have depended on DuckDuckGo as a search engine since then. Once I found myself forced to use Android phones, I have to keep a dummy Gmail address so that I can use the ...; Created on 07 December 2020
12. Cyber attacks: experts come out of the shadows to vent at length: (Open Sauce); One good thing about cyber attacks on Australia is the fact that they unearth a large number of highly talented cyber security professionals who have been hiding in the shadows. Given the dearth of talent ...; Created on 22 June 2020
13. Huawei developing own search engine for its mobile devices: (Mobility); ... way beyond China’s borders," he added. A post on the xda-developers site said the search results from the Huawei engine could not be mapped to results from Google, Yahoo, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Yandex, Ask, ...; Created on 02 March 2020
14. Google claims it has no market power in online search or advertising: (Technology Regulation); ... do not require a user to create an account." Regarding competition in search, Google said in addition to competing with general search providers like Bing and DuckDuckGo, it competed with specialised ...; Created on 05 March 2019
15. Tim Cook deserves a Nobel Prize – for hypocrisy: (Open Sauce); ... out Google from Safari on iOS and instead opts for a privacy-minded search engine like DuckDuckGo, then he has the right to climb Mount Sinai and declaim from its heights. Until then, he should hold ...; Created on 25 October 2018
16. Google wants to do business in Australia, but pay no tax: (Open Sauce); Google's chief economist Dr Hal Varian is of the opinion that his employer should not pay "excessive" tax on its Australian revenue because this money is derived due to its "intellectual capital" which ...; Created on 19 October 2018
17. DuckDuckGo search queries hit 30m per day: (Apps); The privacy-focused Internet search engine DuckDuckGo has achieved a high of 30 million search queries a day recently, the company behind it says. In a tweet, DuckDuckGo said it had taken seven years ...; Created on 15 October 2018
18. Online censorship is not as bad as claimed – it’s worse: (Beerfiles); ... Alternative social media platforms such as Bit Chute, D.Tube and Gab are finding themselves gaining an active user base by default. Duckduckgo has presented itself as a viable search alternative for ...; Created on 27 September 2018
19. Undeterred by EU fine, Google continues to play the victim: (Open Sauce); ... search engine? DuckDuckGo? Yahoo!? There is only one option – Google Search. Pichai may as well have saved his energy in trying to spread the myth that Android is an open platform. If there is so much ...; Created on 19 July 2018
20. FCC cites 'national security' as it moots subsidy ban for Huawei, ZT: (Government Tech Policy); The US Federal Communications Commission has unveiled a formal plan to block subsidies to Chinese telecommunications companies Huawei and ZTE for gear supplied to rural and small carriers. On Sunday, ...; Created on 27 March 2018
21. Facebook and Google are drunk on data. They won't give it u: (Open Sauce); Neither Facebook nor Google will ever stop their trade in personal data. If they did, they would go out of business – this is a home truth that people refuse to accept. This week, Facebook has been ...; Created on 23 March 2018
22. Kaspersky asks for proof of claims made in American media: (Security); Under pressure after a series of articles in the US press made various claims about its links to Russian state authorities this week, security firm Kaspersky Lab appears to be reluctant to dismiss the ...; Created on 13 October 2017
23. Russian Govt 'gained access to Kasperky AV source code: (Security); Russian government sources appear to have gained access to the source code of Kaspersky's anti-virus software, if a report that Moscow was using the program to look for classified US government documents ...; Created on 12 October 2017
24. Ten must-have security apps for Android: (ShawThing); ... email accounts from various providers, which puts security first. It offers encryption of sent emails, lock screen, password-protected digital signature and more. DuckDuckGo is for those who want a ...; Created on 25 May 2017
25. 2017 should be the year of privacy – healthy paranoia obligatory: (ShawThing); ... habits including using FlyBuys “friends”. Think about using DuckDuckGo as your search engine or at least use your browser's “privacy mode” when browsing. I don’t mind DuckDuckGo but it does not return ...; Created on 14 January 2017
26. Google helping Clinton get ahead in US poll: (Open Sauce); ... Microsoft's Bing brings up "health", "health problems", "health issues", "health news" and "health concerns" as auto complete strings. There is no mention of the health care plan at all. In DuckDuckgo, the ...; Created on 18 October 2016
27. Yahoo! loses first search engine partner after scandals: (Deals); ... to trust US Internet companies with their data because the government can force them to spy on customers.” There has already been discontent among users of Yahoo!’s major search partners DuckDuckGo and ...; Created on 18 October 2016
28. Tor Browser announces stable 6.0 release: (Open Source); ... team said it was now using DuckDuckGo as its default search engine, through its meta search provider, Disconnect. Google was used earlier but Disconnect now has no access to Google anymore. There is ...; Created on 01 June 2016
29. Apple stands up for consumers. Alone: (Open Sauce); ... but it is all mere bluster. Samsung, IBM and Yahoo! have also kept quiet and thus support the government. Only a number of smaller entities — Mozilla, search engine DuckDuckGo, WhatsApp and the anonymous ...; Created on 18 February 2016
30. VPN – Virtual Private Networks - privacy please: (Security); ... not track like DuckDuckGo – a necessity. Once you get used to it you will understand just how advertising driven Google et al really are. Don’t use IE, Chrome, Firefox, Safari etc., for discrete browsing ...; Created on 08 April 2015
31. Apple sacrifices data privacy for convenience: (Core Dump); ... to not only the search engine you've selected (e.g., Google, DuckDuckGo), but *also* to Apple, even if you've disabled 'Spotlight Suggestions'." He has also drawn attention to the fact that while Apple ...; Created on 28 October 2014
32. OS X Yosemite: a long-term Mac user's vie: (Core Dump); ... improved privacy through support for the DuckDuckGo search engine, and the inclusion of Spotlight results when searching. Apple claims the new version of Safari is "is over six times faster than Firefox ...; Created on 03 June 2014
33. Clicko: return of the home page?: (Home Tech); ... to a more privacy-conscious choice such as Startpage or DuckDuckGo. Incentives are being offered from time to time to encourage the use of Google via Clicko. A localisable weather forecast is also provided ...; Created on 26 August 2013
34. DuckDuckGo releases private web search app for iOS: (Software); If you want to surf anonymously on your iOS device DuckDuckGo may be the answer. iTWire reviewed DuckDuckGo and for all intents and purposes it can replace Google and Bing. I don’t mind using it ...; Created on 04 July 2013
35. Warning - it is time to ditch Google, Yahoo and Bing. Enter DuckDuckGo: (Security); If you want any vestige of privacy and any semblance of accurate, advertising free, search results DuckDuckGo is the first of a new breed of search engines that don’t give a ‘duck’ about what you are searching ...; Created on 23 June 2013

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