After PRISM, private search engine DuckDuckGo breaks 3 million queries Huge Traffic Spike hits PRIVATE Search Engines After NSA Leaks

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After PRISM, private search engine DuckDuckGo breaks 3 million queries Huge Traffic Spike hits PRIVATE Search Engines After NSA Leaks

In the wake of National Security Agency leaks indicating the agency snoops on data by large tech companies, especially search engines like Google, some search competitors have seen an unprecedented spike in traffic. DuckDuckGo, the oddly-named but “private” search engine, has seen its traffic numbers jump from about 1.7 million queries per day at the start of June (before NSA contractor Edward Snowden’s leaks) to more than 3 million over the past week. In this case “private” means it does not collect or share personal information, according to the company. DuckDuckGo’s traffic over the years.

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