restingboredfacetoPrivacy@lemmy.mlEnglish·6 months agocross-posted to: technology@beehaw.orgDuckDuckGo Is Taking Its Privacy Fight to Data Brokers(www.wired.com)external-linkarrow-up1213arrow-down12message-square18file-textfedilink
arrow-up1211arrow-down1external-linkDuckDuckGo Is Taking Its Privacy Fight to Data Brokers(www.wired.com)restingboredfacetoPrivacy@lemmy.mlEnglish·6 months agocross-posted to: technology@beehaw.orgmessage-square18file-textfedilink
minus-squareResoluteCatnapEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down0·6 months agoedit-26 months agolinkfedilinkFew years ago they killed their killswitch . I believe it was technically still an option but they reduced it’s capabilities so that it wasn’t functionally a reliable killswitch. They also got heat for installing root CA certs. https://www.techradar.com/news/new-research-reveals-surfshark-turbovpn-vyprvpn-are-installing-risky-root-certificates I believe both issues are “fixed”, but they were some questionable decisions
Few years ago they killed their killswitch . I believe it was technically still an option but they reduced it’s capabilities so that it wasn’t functionally a reliable killswitch.
They also got heat for installing root CA certs. https://www.techradar.com/news/new-research-reveals-surfshark-turbovpn-vyprvpn-are-installing-risky-root-certificates
I believe both issues are “fixed”, but they were some questionable decisions