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DuckDuckGo Launches 3-in-1 'Privacy Pro' Subscription With VPN and Personal Data Removal Tool

JippaLippa said:
I was thinking of getting onboard with one of these data removal service, still I can't decide which one.
Incogni, Aura, Delete me, now this one.
Eventually I'll have to choose one.

With regards to duckduckgo itself, I have been using it as my default search engine for 10 years and I'm 100% satisfied (I'm not too much of an interner power user though...)
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Do it yourself, there are 8-9 major data brokers that provide info to most search sites. Once you remove your info there your info will be gone from most other search sites too. Follow this guide: https://inteltechniques.com/workbook.html

You can use Optery to do a free scan before you start. If you decide to pay a service to do it for you, be very careful, many of the removal services are owned by or have relationships with the data brokers themselves.
 
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Never understood the purpose of VPNs tbh.. instead of your IPS seeing your data some random third party company will have access, hows that any better? Most VPN service keep logs, what’s the point? Not trying to be an ass, genuinely curious.
 
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DuckDuckGo today announced the launch of Privacy Pro, a new subscription service that bundles three privacy-focused features together.

Article Link: DuckDuckGo Launches 3-in-1 'Privacy Pro' Subscription With VPN and Personal Data Removal Tool
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I am NEVER going to do business with DuckDuckGo unless and until the company renounces its censorship and information-management bent. A search engine that puts its thumb on the scale to exert control over what I am permitted to see for political or ideological reasons is unacceptable to me.
 
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Puiz said:
I hope they’re also working on a secure and private fax solution. As Steve Jobs should have said: always skate where the puck was ten years ago! DuckDuckGo is a wrapper around Bing, a second-rate search engine that’s not as good as Google, which is also pretty near useless by now. Good luck rearranging the deck chairs on a sinking replica of the Titanic.
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tbh I use ddg almost exclusively now as Google results became utterly useless...
 
That sounds really interesting. I've been thinking about getting a VPN for a while now, but I'm not really sure where to start. I'm not tech-y and so just want something that will run in the background and I never have to think about it. It's another subscription, too, which I'm trying to keep to a minimum for the sake of my wallet…
 
Rigby said:
Just a few examples:

- Certain health apps quietly share health data with data brokers who then sell it to employers who use it to screen applicants in order to reduce the cost of their health benefits
- Pregnant women are being tracked by governments in states where abortion is illegal
- A gay priest was outed after commercially available location data revealed that he had visited a gay bar
- Car insurance rates are being jacked up because data brokers share driver telemetry with the insurance companies behind their back
- Data mined by Cambridge Analytica with Facebook's help has been used to try and manipulate the 2016 presidential election. Similar techniques were also used to influence the Brexit vote, and who knows how they are being used today.
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There was also the story about “secret” military bases and patrol routes showing up in location data mined from fitness apps. All this surveillance and data mining in everything has widespread consequences far beyond “creepy ads”. Which, in my experience, aren’t even relevant. So much for “targeting”.
 
When is Apple going to buy DDG already. And give us just pure search like Google used to be. Siri is going to need a search engine that we can trust if Siri is going to get ChatGPT-like AI functionality.
 
sdz said:
I use Safari with the Private Relay Service. Works great at 99ct per month.
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Some sites don't like the private relay and won't even load, ha so it must be good if people go out of their way to force you off it to look at their site.
 
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Years ago I got a great deal with a different animal - Goose VPN. :p

It will be expiring this December but as of this moment they have a pretty good deal - lifetime for 89 EUR. I guess I'll gor for it.

Give it a try - here's the link.

BTW, CyberGhost also has a good deal today: 2 EUR / months, 2 year subscription and 4 months extra for free. I might actually change the services as CyberGhost seems to be much better than the other animals, including Goose.

Not bad - here's the link.
 
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