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The platform has also been criticized for not encrypting search terms, which would be complex to implement but should be possible. However, they do offer an optional setting to send search terms by POST, which helps conceal them.<ref>https://duckduckgo.com/settings#privacy</ref> Additionally, some have pointed out that using DuckDuckGo still leaves traces on the local computer, such as which terms were searched and which results were viewed. However, this is the case with any web browser, for any website or search engine. This information can be manually purged from the browser, or a private browsing mode (if offered) can automatically delete this information.<ref>https://dzone.com/articles/duckduckgo-has-a-privacy-problem</ref><br />
The platform has also been criticized for not encrypting search terms, which would be complex to implement but should be possible. However, they do offer an optional setting to send search terms by POST, which helps conceal them.<ref>https://duckduckgo.com/settings#privacy</ref> Additionally, some have pointed out that using DuckDuckGo still leaves traces on the local computer, such as which terms were searched and which results were viewed. However, this is the case with any web browser, for any website or search engine. This information can be manually purged from the browser, or a private browsing mode (if offered) can automatically delete this information.<ref>https://dzone.com/articles/duckduckgo-has-a-privacy-problem</ref><br />
It is also important to keep in mind that DuckDuckGo is not, and can not be, a complete privacy solution. For example, the service still knows its user's IP addresses and browser fingerprints, [[Internet service provider|ISPs]] can see what websites their users are connecting with, and to some extent, determine what they are doing. It is best to consider this, and any privacy-centric search engine, as one of several parts to securing one's privacy online.
It is also important to keep in mind that DuckDuckGo is not, and can not be, a complete privacy solution. For example, the service still knows its user's IP addresses and browser fingerprints, [[Internet service provider|ISPs]] can see what websites their users are connecting with, and to some extent, determine what they are doing. It is best to consider this, and any privacy-centric search engine, as one of several parts to securing one's privacy online.
===Embrace of Google-style censorship===
In March 2022, DuckDuckGo founder and CEO Gabriel Weinberg announced that he would begin censoring and suppressing searches on the search engine - akin to what Google does - based on [[disinformation|false liberal claims of "Russian disinformation"]] and [[liberal censorship|labeling of content that liberals do not like]] as such;<ref name="DuckDuckGo">[https://welovetrump.com/2022/03/10/duckduckgo-ceo-announces-censorship-scheme-of-content-labeled-russian-disinformation/ DuckDuckGo CEO Announces Censorship Scheme of Content Labeled “Russian Disinformation”]</ref> Weinberg dodged questions from outraged DuckDuckGo users on Twitter by making flimsy excuses for his actions (while in a ''[[New York Times]]'' hit piece which smeared DuckDuckGo users as "conspiracy theorists", Weinberg admitted that he now uses his search engine as a scraper of results from the [[Microsoft]]-owned [[Bing]] search engine and that his company now acts as a snitch for Bing, as well as discriminating for employment with the company based on race and sexual preference while disregarding work experience and merit<ref name="DuckDuckGo"/>), but the backlash against Weinberg caving in to the liberal [[SJW]] crowd and "[[wokeness]]" was swift and massive, with Twitter respondents denouncing and disavowing DuckDuckGo for Weinberg's actions, with plans to switch to alternative search engines such as [[Brave]]'s search engine.<ref>[https://welovetrump.com/2022/03/10/you-go-woke-you-go-broke-duckduckgo-tanks-its-brand-with-a-few-tweets/ You Go Woke You Go Broke: DuckDuckGo TANKS Its Brand With A Few Tweets]</ref>
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