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DuckDuck.go

Wendy Lou Hoo — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 19:58:52 GMT

Has anyone here tried the DuckDuck.go web browser? I've been seeing alot of ads for it lately. Its not supposed to track your browsing hisory, no cookies, etc. I wonder if it's a safe site, or if it's safe to download.

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decaf — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 20:02:29 GMT

My DH installed it on our laptop and it works just fine. Supposedly it's not tracking everything we do.

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deeva — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 20:14:25 GMT

I installed it about a year ago, no issues.

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Wendy Lou Hoo — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 20:27:25 GMT

Thanks for your replies. I may try it.

Wendy Lou Hoo.

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KingstonsMom — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 20:34:36 GMT

@Wendy Lou Hoo

I use 'Startpage', it uses Google by proxy, free, very safe, no tracking/selling info, check for the great reviews.

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Drythe — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 20:46:51 GMT

@Wendy Lou Hoo

We have used Duck Duck Go for years.

Never a problem!

Be sure to clear your cache frequently.

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ValuSkr — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 21:29:51 GMT

They are advertising a lot around here lately, particularly on radio. How do they make money? Through advertising, like every other search engine?

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World Traveler — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 23:14:11 GMT

I have Duck Duck Go and love it. It is good to see the privacy/security rating for sites you go to.

For instance, when I go to the main screen for QVC, it gives it a D rating. On the QVC forums it gives a C rating. On Pro Boards forums it gives a B+ rating.

When I go on my bank's website, it has a B+ rating. Other financial places I go have B+ ratings too.

I just went on Amazon's website and it's front screen has a D rating. My city's website has a D rating. My utilities website has a D rating.

I have never seen any website with an A rating, but there may be one.

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jackthebear — Sat, 08 Jan 2022 01:47:21 GMT

@World Traveler wrote:
I have Duck Duck Go and love it. It is good to see the privacy/security rating for sites you go to.

For instance, when I go to the main screen for QVC, it gives it a D rating. On the QVC forums it gives a C rating. On Pro Boards forums it gives a B+ rating.

When I go on my bank's website, it has a B+ rating. Other financial places I go have B+ ratings too.

I just went on Amazon's website and it's front screen has a D rating. My city's website has a D rating. My utilities website has a D rating.

I have never seen any website with an A rating, but there may be one.

using DDG right now where can I find those ratings

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Eileen in Virginia — Sat, 08 Jan 2022 01:58:11 GMT

I've been using it for a year now and really like it.

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World Traveler — Sat, 08 Jan 2022 02:38:52 GMT

@jackthebear wrote:
@World Traveler wrote:
I have Duck Duck Go and love it. It is good to see the privacy/security rating for sites you go to.

For instance, when I go to the main screen for QVC, it gives it a D rating. On the QVC forums it gives a C rating. On Pro Boards forums it gives a B+ rating.

When I go on my bank's website, it has a B+ rating. Other financial places I go have B+ ratings too.

I just went on Amazon's website and it's front screen has a D rating. My city's website has a D rating. My utilities website has a D rating.

I have never seen any website with an A rating, but there may be one.
using DDG right now where can I find those ratings

@jackthebear On my computer, I see it up on the top of the entire screen, to the left of the place where you put the URL or enter a "www" before the name of the site you want to go to. Now, it is showing a D for this forum. Earlier it was showing a C. Go figure!

There is also another icon next to the rating....looks like a shield. If you hover over it, it says "show the privacy report for this site."

This is what the additional information is given to me if I hover over the rating or the shield.

These are the two icons I am talking about. You can see the "D" for the security rating and the shield to the left of it.

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World Traveler — Sat, 08 Jan 2022 04:57:54 GMT

@jackthebear I've attached another example. This is from the new Pro Boards that was set up as an alternative place to go. As you can see it has a B+ rating. That's probably because is a closed/private (or whatever that is called) forum. Whereas, the QVC forum is public.

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jackthebear — Sat, 08 Jan 2022 11:21:42 GMT

@World Traveler wrote:
@jackthebear wrote:
@World Traveler wrote:
I have Duck Duck Go and love it. It is good to see the privacy/security rating for sites you go to.

For instance, when I go to the main screen for QVC, it gives it a D rating. On the QVC forums it gives a C rating. On Pro Boards forums it gives a B+ rating.

When I go on my bank's website, it has a B+ rating. Other financial places I go have B+ ratings too.

I just went on Amazon's website and it's front screen has a D rating. My city's website has a D rating. My utilities website has a D rating.

I have never seen any website with an A rating, but there may be one.
using DDG right now where can I find those ratings
@jackthebear On my computer, I see it up on the top of the entire screen, to the left of the place where you put the URL or enter a "www" before the name of the site you want to go to. Now, it is showing a D for this forum. Earlier it was showing a C. Go figure!

There is also another icon next to the rating....looks like a shield. If you hover over it, it says "show the privacy report for this site."

This is what the additional information is given to me if I hover over the rating or the shield.

These are the two icons I am talking about. You can see the "D" for the security rating and the shield to the left of it.

found it , it is in the Chrome extension thingie

thanks

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froggy — Sat, 08 Jan 2022 21:07:59 GMT

I've used it for years.

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Nataliesgramma — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 21:50:48 GMT

If you search something on DDG....then do the same on Google....

You will see how much Google filters what you can see....

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JeanLouiseFinch — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 00:58:53 GMT

It's what I use.

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gertrudecloset — Sun, 30 Jan 2022 01:53:32 GMT

@Wendy Lou Hoo wrote:
Has anyone here tried the DuckDuck.go web browser? I've been seeing alot of ads for it lately. Its not supposed to track your browsing hisory, no cookies, etc. I wonder if it's a safe site, or if it's safe to download.

It's a very good no tracking you search engine that doesn't keep cookies and such. They do show you ads but they will say ad and it's not picture ads.

It works as long as you don't use anything outside of that search engine. For instance if you have it on your Firefox Browser don't go to youtube or anything google. That messes it up and you have to wait till it's cleared up, which could take a week or two then you're back to not being tracked.

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SurferWife — Sun, 30 Jan 2022 01:55:20 GMT

@Wendy Lou Hoo

Yes, I've been using it for several months. I like using the DuckDuckGo iPad app. It's great!

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SilleeMee — Sun, 30 Jan 2022 13:57:18 GMT

I don't care for DDG's search engine. Is there a way to make my search engine default to google? My pc says it is alreaded defaulting to google but it always goes to DDG when I go to search for something.

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Marp — Sun, 30 Jan 2022 14:19:11 GMT

@SilleeMee, check which engine is listed in your browser as the default engine.