Re: EWW with Duck-Duck-Go

On Sun, May 17, 2026 at 5:53 PM Michael Heerdegen via Users list for the
GNU Emacs text editor <[email protected]> wrote:

> Gfp <[email protected]> writes:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Emacs uses in EWW Duck-Duck-Go
> >
> > Duck-Duck-Go is an American search engine and under US law.
> > that means AFAIK that FBI etc can read and do save everything
> > for their use.  So they can´t say they are quite private.
> >
> > Am I right?
>
> I don't know.   But I no longer trust US companies regarding the
> handling of my private data.  And this is a matter of trust.  I
> avoid US companies whenever possible, even if it requires (more) time or
> money.  There are alternatives.    Michael.
>

It's not clear anywhere is safe.  Search for EU e-Evidence Package (intra
Europe data extradition) and EU-U.S. Agreement on Extradition and MLAT
process (bypasses GDPR), Budapest Convention on Cybercrime also akin to
e-Evidence, and sad to say "etc etc."