Should I download the DuckDuckGo App?

[Alickadoo]

Should I switch from Google Chrome to DuckduckGo?

A nice man on the telly thinks I should.

https://duckduckgo.com/app

What would you do?

Stay with Google?

[Badda]

Big decision. I can see why you are incapable of making it on your own. Good luck with life.

[Glade]

To feed your paranoia look at: https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/

Then read some of these: https://www.zdnet.com/article/best-browser-for-pri...

https://www.pcmag.com/picks/stop-trackers-dead-the...

https://nordvpn.com/blog/best-privacy-browser/

What's your concern? Being tracked and marketed to, staying anonymous so you can run a darkweb drug empire, making sure you Mrs doesn't see your porn history, ensuring the police can't forensically analyse your phone to find out that you were googling how to chop up dead bodies?

[ARHarh]

https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=should+I+change+to+...

[Glade]

The Privacy Awakening:

https://youtu.be/NvyqPec7G-c?si=Xgkm3d5hcy8hLLS7

[Sporky]

I've been using it on my tablet and phone, and the extension on PC, for some years. Only found one site that doesn't work on it. It's fast and secure; I can't really think of a reason not to.

[extraT]

P*r hub works well on it, if that’s what you’re wondering….

You’re not a Tory MP by any chance, are you?

[Alickadoo]

Glade said:

To feed your paranoia look at: https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/

Then read some of these: https://www.zdnet.com/article/best-browser-for-pri...

https://www.pcmag.com/picks/stop-trackers-dead-the...

https://nordvpn.com/blog/best-privacy-browser/

What's your concern? Being tracked and marketed to, staying anonymous so you can run a darkweb drug empire, making sure you Mrs doesn't see your porn history, ensuring the police can't forensically analyse your phone to find out that you were googling how to chop up dead bodies?

Nah.

None of that. It's a quiet Saturday morning, I have got nothing else to post and I wondered what the collective wit and wisdom of PH would have to say on the matter.

[mudnomad]

Try Brave browser. Internet is completely different with it, mainly because it stops all the ads but also because of dark mode for all websites. I can't go back to "white page" Internet.

[WyrleyD]

+1 for Brave. Been using it for about 4 months now on iPad, iPhone and Macbook Air with no problems and I much prefer it to Chrome.

[bitchstewie]

Alickadoo said:

Nah.

None of that. It's a quiet Saturday morning, I have got nothing else to post and I wondered what the collective wit and wisdom of PH would have to say on the matter.

I still find Google is the best search engine for finding the stuff I want.

If you're using Chrome or Edge use an ad blocker like uBlock Origin and unless you intensely dislike Google for what I'd term religious reasons just get on with life

[Alickadoo]

bhstewie said:

Alickadoo said:

Nah.

None of that. It's a quiet Saturday morning, I have got nothing else to post and I wondered what the collective wit and wisdom of PH would have to say on the matter.

I still find Google is the best search engine for finding the stuff I want.

If you're using Chrome or Edge use an ad blocker like uBlock Origin and unless you intensely dislike Google for what I'd term religious reasons just get on with life

I use chrome and an adblocker - forget which one - it all works fine, even on here.

So, I won't be changing.

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Badda said:

Big decision. I can see why you are incapable of making it on your own. Good luck with life.

[Ham_and_Jam]

My 83 year old father refuses to use Google, Microsoft, Apple and other similar big corps for fear of bring tracked and collusion.

Instead, he prefers to use the smaller independent cottage industry types like Brave, Libre and Samsung…

[bitchstewie]

Oh god no offence to your old man but I just love those types.

"I refuse to give Apple or Google a penny of my money because I value my privacy. Here look at this new Android phone I got for £75 off Amazon. Can anyone read Chinese and can they tell me what these apps with all the Chines text do?"

[Ham_and_Jam]

bhstewie said:

Oh god no offence to your old man but I just love those types.

No offence taken, I’m always pointing out his contradictions. Usually when sorting out something that doesn’t work because he insists on using some second rate software.

[thebraketester]

Maybe

[Griffith4ever]

I absolutely love the way Google manages all my site passwords across all devices. Saves me a whole load of hassle (personal and business - when you run an onpine business you end up with a LOT of logins).

But, I dislike how Google search prioritises commercial links to the point that now, if you want search results that are not from product manufacturers or retailers you havto search " replacing blades on a 9147 strimmer deck REDDIT" . Without reddit your first two pages will be links to the manufacturer site, or shops selling said product.

How does brave or duck duck handle password logins etc?

[random_username]

Griffith4ever said:

I absolutely love the way Google manages all my site passwords across all devices. Saves me a whole load of hassle (personal and business - when you run an onpine business you end up with a LOT of logins).

Saving passwords in a browser is typically *very* insecure - if anyone gets access to your machine (malware etc) it's trivial to dump all of them out, and then they have access to everything that you do, and potentially your online business workings.

Using a third party password manager (Bitwarden, 1Password etc) is much more secure, and most have plugins for the major browsers and can sync between devices...

[Sporky]

Griffith4ever said:

How does brave or duck duck handle password logins etc?

Dunno - I use Bitwarden. I think there's probably merit in keeping the browser and password manager separate - they integrate perfectly well.