Today's act of kindness: I helped two victims of surveillance (mainstream users) with some basic privacy:
Google search > DuckDuckGo
Chrome > Firefox + uBlock Origin
Gmail > @Tutanota
Minimize number of apps
Simple actions that cuts a big chunk of surveillance. As usual they were surprised how it works.
@Tutanota @jonas @Tutanota #Duckduckgo is a terrible recommendation. see https://dev.lemmy.ml/post/29179
Privacy is almost always relative to the threat model of the individual.
Searxes often get blocked or simply don't return anything due to bad configuration.
Despite that I prefer them and recomended it to all my tech friends.
However it's simply a poor choice for an average person that preffers stuff like search bubbles and targeted ads
@resist1984 @wuwei @jonas DDG is generally received as privacy-friendly. Check PrivacyTools, ThinkPrivacy and the EFF. Furthermore, a lot of users find even DDG not as user-friendly as they would like. It would be a nightmare to convince them to use Searxes. 😕
@sudo @jonas @wuwei That's grasping for straws. I struggle to see how someone can be so mentally challenged as to be unable do a #Searxes query, even if the field has an Esperanto background. Results are in English. There are also other options that don't simultaneously feed Amazon, Verizon-Yahoo, and MS. DDG is a poor recommendation from a #privacy PoV.
@resist1984 @sudo @jonas @wuwei If DDG doesn't keep records and track users, and doesn't even have an option to "sign in", then how is it a bad privacy oriented recommendation? A search engine that doesn't track you, doesn't keep records, doesn't tie an account to individuals, doesn't alter search results based on your past searches, and uses https, seems kinda like the definition of a good privacy oriented search engine.
@gerowen @wuwei @jonas @sudo you are *trusting* #DDG to do what they say they do, & they've already been caught violating their privacy policy by issueing tracker cookies. The CEO also has a history of #privacy abuse. DDG is obviously untrustworthy. DDG also finances privacy abusers (#Verizon, #Amazon, & #MS), & supports #CloudFlare.
@resist1984 I'm aware that they store a tracking cookie because that's how your settings are saved between sessions. I haven't heard anything about them financing Microsoft though. I have seen articles like this about them though. Would you care to give me a source to read about how they finance privacy abusers? If it's true I'd definitely be interested in educating myself.
https://fossforce.com/2016/05/duckduckgo-gives-open-source-projects/
@gerowen #DDG stopped using tracking cookies when they got caught & someone called them out for violating their #privacy policy. The cookie that stores preferences is a conventional cookie, not a #trackingcookie. #Duckduckgo pays #MS for Bing API access. Last I checked it was stated on duck.co.
@resist1984
We must be related... we have the same eyes