@aral @signalapp @Mer__edith i would avoid using duckduckgo, it's one of those "privacy services" that are all fake and no make

@aral @signalapp @Mer__edith this is why blocking ads is so important.
Also using a search engine not financed by ads could help

@aral @signalapp @Mer__edith

It's okay on Vivaldi.

@aral @signalapp @Mer__edith DDG in Android Firefox, UK, safe search, no AI, uBlockOrigin, ADVERTS OFF, then my first link is to https://signal org.

You won't see adverts if you turn them off in DDG settings. Of course they are a source of income for DDG.

@aral @signalapp @Mer__edith

Yes, something’s not right over at DDG. I was trying to find a small regional hobby store website and even though I typed in the exact name, I got multiple lines of ads then multiple lines of unrelated big corporate stores. The one that I was looking for was at the very bottom of the page.

@aral @signalapp @Mer__edith An excellent reminder that an effective ad blocker is as important as effective AV software (if not more so)

@aral @signalapp @Mer__edith Switched over to Brave about two weeks ago for both browser and search. So far so good.

@aral @signalapp @Mer__edith
Is this just for Signal or should I worry if want to use Duck Duck Go as just a browser ?

@aral @signalapp @Mer__edith the ads are not managed by DDG, but instead by Microsoft (Bing).
You can disable ads in DDG settings, you don't even need an ad blocker.

@aral @signalapp @Mer__edith fwiw ddg sources much of its index from Bing: https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/results/sources#:~:text=which%20we%20largely%20source%20from%20Bing

@aral @signalapp @Mer__edith not so from the ddg app though. Strange 🤔

@aral @signalapp @Mer__edith

This is what is shown on the Startpage search engine when one searches for Signal. But be aware that this Chromium-based browser, with additional privacy and security features, has a system-wide secure DNS filter. 💡

https://mullvad.net/en/help/dns-over-https-and-dns-over-tls

"https://all.dns.mullvad.net/dns-query"