Government Spying Sends Users to Private Search Engine DuckDuckGo
Since it was revealed in the first week of June that the NSA monitors global email and phone activity in part by obtaining information from major Internet service providers including Google, traffic on the more privacy conscious search engine DuckDuckGo has risen by about half, the company said.
Since it was revealed in the first week of June that the NSA monitors global email and phone activity in part by obtaining information from major Internet service providers including Google, traffic on the more privacy conscious search engine DuckDuckGo has risen by about half, the company said.
DuckDuckGo, founded in 2008 and first funded in 2011, differentiates itself from its behemoth competitor Google by eschewing user tracking and customized search results. It also says it delivers fewer spam results.
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