How about the article writer test this before writing? Do DDG-searches about:
- A violent political/religious subgroup.
- Politician XXXX's opinions about said group
- The future travel to your locality of XXXX
- How to build bombs with YYYY.
Just make certain to wear a bullet proof jacket while reading... :-)
But seriously:
Sure, the NSA probably index searches on DDG. Of course. It is fully possible DDG isn't aware of it, too. It is too obvious to be at the top of HN.
I might have followed the subject too shallowly, but it really surprises me that I haven't seen the responsible politicians talk about the real problem here.
You can make a good argument that pervasive monitoring is a good thing in the short perspective (which the supporters do), but over a longer time?
After a long time of military or economic problems you get paranoid tendencies (see McCarthy, Putin, 9/11). I have no idea how likely a 1984 scenario (or a present day Russia!) is -- and neither do anyone else.
The people responsible should have answers to these questions before making the decisions. And now they should discuss that. (Or doesn't a risk exist if it can happen after they are out of office? Or do they really think there will never be any political/economic bad times again?)
We are talking about the same (or a sister) organization that created the viruses in Iran and the Middle East. Civilian search companies aren't as high on the agenda as rouge states' nuclear weapon programs, but still.
But seriously:
Sure, the NSA probably index searches on DDG. Of course. It is fully possible DDG isn't aware of it, too. It is too obvious to be at the top of HN.
I might have followed the subject too shallowly, but it really surprises me that I haven't seen the responsible politicians talk about the real problem here.
You can make a good argument that pervasive monitoring is a good thing in the short perspective (which the supporters do), but over a longer time?
After a long time of military or economic problems you get paranoid tendencies (see McCarthy, Putin, 9/11). I have no idea how likely a 1984 scenario (or a present day Russia!) is -- and neither do anyone else.
The people responsible should have answers to these questions before making the decisions. And now they should discuss that. (Or doesn't a risk exist if it can happen after they are out of office? Or do they really think there will never be any political/economic bad times again?)