Regarding decentralized search, there's Yacy, at yacy.de
On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 3:05 PM, Nathan of Guardian <[email protected]> wrote: > On 04/29/2014 05:22 AM, carlo von lynX wrote: >> Talking about tools that we should not recommend, I >> really don't get it why DuckDuckGo is being listed >> everywhere as the number one reasonable alternative >> to Google considering that they are based in the US >> and subject to US legislation which enables the PRISM >> program. It is just 100% naive to expect that for some >> magic reason DuckDuckGo is exempted from that program. > With Orweb and Orbot, we build in DDG as the default search engine. > Since all access via Tor, it is deemed acceptable, and since they do no > active logging, profiling, blocking of Tor, etc, DDG was chosen as our > best default option. Also, their own DDG Android app/widget is > open-source, and integrates with Orbot/Tor proxying directly. > > > >> >> I am sure the folks are great, just like the ones >> working at Google.. > Aside from being geographically located in the US, they are about as > good as it gets for a search company. Not as just humans, but as an > organization, and the decisions they have made WRT to privacy. As we > have seen, even if you are outside of the US, that does not make you > safe from PRISM, or any style of legally or network-based surveillance, > subpoena, etc. > >> and the t-shirts that were distributed >> at the NYC #TA3M event are really nifty. But still, why >> use a service that by law has to comply to surveillance >> requirements if you can use services that are outside >> US jurisdiction? >> >> Somebody please explain. > If there was a search engine company, service or project based outside > of the US, that could match all the things DDG provides, I would > definitely promote and use them. Does that exist? > > I would also like to explore more decentralized, distributed search options. > > +n > > -- > Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of > list guidelines will get you moderated: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, > change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at > [email protected]. -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at [email protected].
