I started using DuckDuckGo because, out of all the other search engines out there, it's the only one I've found whose entire mission statement centers around _not_ collecting information on every goddamn thing you do. Yes it's probably still being tapped at the fibre optic cable level so it doesn't really matter, that's not the point. The point is to vote with your dollar, or in this case your page view, far more influential these days than one thinks.
I don't use DuckDuckGo because it preserves my privacy.
Sure, I suck. Some people think I should be renamed DuckDuckSuck (ha ha). But seriously, my entire mission statement centers around _not_collecting information on every goddamn thing you do, and that's just the way I roll. Some people like it that way. So just what is my mission statement you're wondering? Well my entire mission statement centers around _not_ providing useful information on every goddamn thing you want to search. Don't believe me? Just google it.
If DuckDuckGo was about _not_ tracking me, why does every search result link go back via duckduckgo.com before being redirected to the actual link, and the link they use javascript to show in the status bar? Just like Google. It's so they know which link you clicked, no other reason.
But that still tells DuckDuckGo which page you went to. We can't be sure if they store that information. It's better if you can simply disable sending the referrer information from your browser.
I didn't start using DuckDuckGo for privacy (Score:5, Insightful)
I started using DuckDuckGo because, out of all the other search engines out there, it's the only one I've found whose entire mission statement centers around _not_ collecting information on every goddamn thing you do. Yes it's probably still being tapped at the fibre optic cable level so it doesn't really matter, that's not the point. The point is to vote with your dollar, or in this case your page view, far more influential these days than one thinks.
I don't use DuckDuckGo because it preserves my privacy.
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Hello, I'm DuckDuckGo.
Sure, I suck. Some people think I should be renamed DuckDuckSuck (ha ha). But seriously, my entire mission statement centers around _not_collecting information on every goddamn thing you do, and that's just the way I roll. Some people like it that way. So just what is my mission statement you're wondering? Well my entire mission statement centers around _not_ providing useful information on every goddamn thing you want to search. Don't believe me? Just google it.
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If DuckDuckGo was about _not_ tracking me, why does every search result link go back via duckduckgo.com before being redirected to the actual link, and the link they use javascript to show in the status bar? Just like Google. It's so they know which link you clicked, no other reason.
To hide the referrer (Score:5, Interesting)
To strip off the referrer. Otherwise the end site would see the URL of the DuckDuckGo search revealing the details of the search, page, etc.
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I've found a pointing the link to a datauri encoded html page with a meta tag to redirect works pretty well.