Lubuntu-users Digest, Vol 27, Issue 30

[Israel]

On 03/26/2014 08:26 AM, Lars Noodén wrote:
> On 03/26/2014 03:12 PM, farinet at arcor.de wrote:
>> Am 26.03.2014 13:41, schrieb lubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com:
>>> It means your info is going to Virginia in the US.
>>> They (duckduckgo) use a server located there to process your search
>>> terms and give you the info you want.
>> That was clear to me. I was afraid i was dumb and did not understand
>> something underlying. Whois said to me the adresses belong to Amazon?
>>
>> Generally, i might agree that us-based servers could be more privacy
>> critical to not-us citizens than let's say finnish or norvegian servers.
> To get to Finland for example your traffic will most likely go through
> Sweden where privacy is even more of a question.  :(
>
>> So, ixquick would be the better option? Anyway, me too, i find the ddg !
>> feature is great (Try to use it with "!ixquick <put your searchitem
>> here>" : great! :D).
> DDG also operates an onion service, see the bottom of the page at the
> owner's blog for the address:
>
> http://www.gabrielweinberg.com/blog/2010/08/duckduckgo-now-operates-a-tor-exit-enclave.html
>
> That would be about the maximum currently available.
>
> Regards,
> /Lars
>
Except the NSA is extremely interested in cracking anything related to 
Tor... so connecting to a Tor server in anyway may make you more 
suspicious looking... :(

I think Amazon is simply the platform (not as in Amazon.com store... 
just their web services)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon.com#Amazon_technology
https://aws.amazon.com/

-- 
Regards