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I've seen The Internet Defense League is nos Fight for the Future. I've seen their page and I found it really interesting. Some privacy-focused companies like DuckDuckGo, Tron and a huge number of VPN companies have donated money to them. But something called my attention: they said they use Google Analytics (although it is opt-in) and all the forms and documents are hosted or powered by google. You've already known Google is a truly privacy-invasive company, so that's the question: is FIght of the Future trustable?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 years ago (1 children)

For me, there is plenty of this kind of groups, with ecological ideas, but since they use mainstream system like google, they are indeed not trustable. I don't feel like those kind of groups will e able at one time to make the difference. I follow their matrix chat, but there is not much interesting in there.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago

I thought the same. I send them an email asking for their google preference. If they answer me, I would let you know what they said! But they are already contradictory

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Off topic, but I’ve been wondering why ddg, out of all alternatives, is being featured as an option for Safari. If DDG, why not others?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago

Idk, i've never used apple products, but it could be related to 1. they are not going to use a browser developed by their competitors, Google in the cellphone market and Bing (Microsoft) in the computers one; and 2. their recent interest to respect privacy on their devices? That's the things come up to my mind.