East Cobb native Gabriel Weinberg says he’s experienced a 69 percent spike in direct queries per day by his company, DuckDuckGo, since the recent National Security Agency surveillance controversy.<br>Special to the MDJ
East Cobb native Gabriel Weinberg says he’s experienced a 69 percent spike in direct queries per day by his company, DuckDuckGo, since the recent National Security Agency surveillance controversy.
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Anonymity pays: Internet search engine booms after NSA controversy
by Megan Thornton
June 20, 2013 12:06 AM | 0 0 comments | 27 27 recommendations | email to a friend
Search anonymously. Find instantly. That’s the slogan of DuckDuckGo, an online search engine founded by east Cobb native Gabriel Weinberg that doesn’t track its users or tailor results based on search history like major-market competitors Google, Yahoo and Bing.
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