DDG is just a Google fish bowl. Same data set, similar results. If you're concerned about privacy, there are much better options available.
Sellam On Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 3:40 AM Adrian Godwin via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > I normally use DuckDuckGo as it's the default in Brave, the degoogled > version of Chrome that I use. It generally does what I want, but whereas > google will usually give me local (UK) results first for suppliers, > Duckduckgo will give worldwide results (which mostly means USA). You could > see Google's result as either more helpful or annoyingly tainted, but at > least it shows an instance where they're not explicitly evil. Adding 'uk' > into the search term is usually enough to prioritise local results in DDG. > > I sometimes use google when I don't get a useful result : as well as the > localisation it also seems to find either different or more results. I > couldn't say whether it's got worse at that but I filter the results for > obvious ads fairly automatically. > > > On Fri, Feb 10, 2023 at 3:49 AM Rick Murphy via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > On 2/9/2023 5:40 PM, Doug Jackson via cctalk wrote: > > > At this point I will chime in. > > > > > > .... > > > > > > They clearly went to the trouble of trawling through USPS tracking > > details > > > to find something that was shipped from near their suburb to Sydney > > > Australia by somebody else and submitted it as their evidence they had > > > shipped. > > > > This is called a "brushing" attack. > > > > They sell you a high value item, then send some crappy nearly free item > > to some other address in the vicinity, and use that to "prove" to PayPal > > that you got it. > > > > The recipient has no idea WTF the item is so they discard it. Apparently > > the folks here don't understand just how far apart Australian cities can > > be. Worked in your favor. > > > > > I went ballistic with paypal, and got a refund. > > > > It's good to hear that PP did that. > > -Rick > > > > >
