![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “DuckDuckGo protects its user’s data by not collecting or sharing personal information. Instead, all it does is give them the search results they want. ![]() So what is it that makes DuckDuckGo so special? It’s quite simple really – unlike with Google, Bing or Yahoo, it doesn’t track its users when they search through its site. As people find out about these alternatives, they make that choice,” explained DuckDuckGo founder & CEO Gabriel Weinberg via email. “We offer that in web search, and there are others that offer it in other verticals. These stats alone tell us that there’s a large number of web users out there who are keen and eager to find ways of avoiding government snooping – something that also happens to be DuckDuckGo’s major selling point. This week, it recorded 2.25 million direct searches – a massive 26% increase over the week before and the first time its ever broken the two million barrier. Take the case of DuckDuckGo for example, the private search engine that has just reported record breaking levels of traffic since the NSAgate scandal erupted. Admittedly, a large number of web users will probably never leave the likes of Google and Microsoft simply because they don’t care all that much about their privacy anyway, but there’s plenty of evidence to suggest that a good number of people are seeking out alternatives. In the wake of the NSA’s spying revelations, a golden opportunity has arisen for lesser known web services that offer guarantees against government snooping. ![]()
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