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305 points evolve2k | 6 comments | 14 Jun 13 01:53 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source | bottom
1. laureny ◴[14 Jun 13 06:41 UTC] No.5878590[source]▶
Pretty lame of DuckDuckGo to use this controversy to gain some cheap exposure.

Besides, there are zero guarantees that they are immune to the kind of accusation currently aimed at Google and co.

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2. manojlds ◴[14 Jun 13 06:45 UTC] No.5878599[source]▶
It is just linking to the DuckDuckGo support page. You are talking as though they made a blog post saying "PRISM!! Use DuckDuckGo instead of Google" and posted it on HN.
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3. davidjgraph ◴[14 Jun 13 06:51 UTC] No.5878613[source]▶
If they're not supposed to gain a marketing advantage at the time the problem they're trying to solve is in the spotlight, when exactly is the right time?
4. _ak ◴[14 Jun 13 07:41 UTC] No.5878751[source]▶
I would go even further: how could they prove that they're not an NSA front?
5. mileszs ◴[14 Jun 13 10:30 UTC] No.5879161[source]▶
It'd be hard to provide any data to the NSA based on DuckDuckGo's privacy policy: http://donttrack.us/

(Unless, of course, you think they're blatantly lying about what they do and do not track, in which case I'm wasting my energy.)

6. Frostbeard ◴[14 Jun 13 12:11 UTC] No.5879433[source]▶
On the other hand, they have been contacting bloggers and media in exactly such a manner. https://plus.google.com/+JeffJarvis/posts/5X7nHcjijsC