I wouldn’t call it private as from my experience it uses browser fingerprinting to target users.
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UnpopularCrow@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Somewhat ironic given that DuckDuckGo has AI on by default. You have to either save the settings on the cloud or manually turn off AI when searching using DuckDuckGo. Still a good privacy search engine though.
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/b12b60ef-816c-4fef-9124-9c33041c9587.jpeg
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Wait, it has a quick blurb on by default but actually interacting with it requires an opt in. That seems like a gold balance.
MotoAsh@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You can have it off by default and not use a saved session if you add a custom search to the browser with noai.duckduckgo.com/?q=%25s as the URL (or thereabouts, I’m typing from memory).
UnpopularCrow@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Good to know! But the out of the box version of DuckDuckGo.com does have AI on by default. I think it should be off by default.
MotoAsh@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Agreed