Re: [liberationtech] DuckDuckGo vs Startpage [was: Help test Tor Browser]

2013-06-27 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 04:02:15PM -0700, Mike Perry wrote: YaCY and other FOSS engines (in a sibling thread someone mentioned another that I already forgot) are also something that I will accept search plugins for the Omnibox, but their result quality, index depth, and crawl frequency are no

Re: [liberationtech] DuckDuckGo vs Startpage [was: Help test Tor Browser]

2013-06-26 Thread The Doctor
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/24/2013 09:16 PM, Daniel Sieradski wrote: Has there ever been any effort to create an open source search engine that is entirely transparent in both its software and practices? (dmoz.org doesn't count!) ...YaCY? http://yacy.de/ - -- The

Re: [liberationtech] DuckDuckGo vs Startpage [was: Help test Tor Browser]

2013-06-26 Thread Mike Perry
The Doctor: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/24/2013 09:16 PM, Daniel Sieradski wrote: Has there ever been any effort to create an open source search engine that is entirely transparent in both its software and practices? (dmoz.org doesn't count!) ...YaCY?

Re: [liberationtech] DuckDuckGo vs Startpage [was: Help test Tor Browser]

2013-06-26 Thread Axel Simon
On 27/06/13 01:02, Mike Perry wrote: The Doctor: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/24/2013 09:16 PM, Daniel Sieradski wrote: Has there ever been any effort to create an open source search engine that is entirely transparent in both its software and practices? (dmoz.org

[liberationtech] DuckDuckGo vs Startpage [was: Help test Tor Browser]

2013-06-24 Thread Mike Perry
Nadim Kobeissi: I'd just like to add that I'm a DuckDuckGo user myself and that I can definitely vouch for the service. I've had a number of people tell me that they vouch for DuckDuckGo. What does this even mean? Nobody seems to be capable of rationally explaining it. Have you inspected their

Re: [liberationtech] DuckDuckGo vs Startpage [was: Help test Tor Browser]

2013-06-24 Thread Daniel Sieradski
Has there ever been any effort to create an open source search engine that is entirely transparent in both its software and practices? (dmoz.org doesn't count!) -- Daniel Sieradski d...@danielsieradski.com http://danielsieradski.com 315.889.1444 Follow me at http://twitter.com/selfagency

Re: [liberationtech] DuckDuckGo vs Startpage [was: Help test Tor Browser]

2013-06-24 Thread Michael Carbone
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/24/2013 08:20 PM, Mike Perry wrote: I've had a number of people tell me that they vouch for DuckDuckGo. What does this even mean? Nobody seems to be capable of rationally explaining it. Have you inspected their datacenter/server security?

Re: [liberationtech] DuckDuckGo vs Startpage [was: Help test Tor Browser]

2013-06-24 Thread Mike Perry
Michael Carbone: On 06/24/2013 08:20 PM, Mike Perry wrote: I've had a number of people tell me that they vouch for DuckDuckGo. What does this even mean? Nobody seems to be capable of rationally explaining it. Have you inspected their datacenter/server security? Have you audited their

Re: [liberationtech] DuckDuckGo vs Startpage [was: Help test Tor Browser]

2013-06-24 Thread Nadim Kobeissi
On 2013-06-24, at 8:20 PM, Mike Perry mikepe...@torproject.org wrote: Nadim Kobeissi: I'd just like to add that I'm a DuckDuckGo user myself and that I can definitely vouch for the service. I've had a number of people tell me that they vouch for DuckDuckGo. What does this even mean?

Re: [liberationtech] DuckDuckGo vs Startpage [was: Help test Tor Browser]

2013-06-24 Thread Michael Carbone
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/24/2013 10:00 PM, Mike Perry wrote: Michael Carbone: On 06/24/2013 08:20 PM, Mike Perry wrote: I've had a number of people tell me that they vouch for DuckDuckGo. What does this even mean? Nobody seems to be capable of rationally explaining