We already put legal limits on financial, medical, military, transportation, telecommunications and agriculture technology. The main threat is that there are currently well-defined legal limits to online tracking, and without them, companies and governments become increasingly intrusive to get access to this valuable personal data.

What do you consider to be the main threats to privacy for ordinary internet users at this moment?ĭigital technology is obviously making its way into more parts of our lives, and our data is quickly becoming more and more valuable, both to us and to others. Yes, I believe that in modern society, privacy should be a fundamental right, alongside others like freedom of speech and press. Is it fair to assume, therefore, that privacy matters to you? And why? Gabriel was recently kind enough to grant me an interview in which we discussed the state of online privacy.ĭuckDuckGo has made its reputation on the fact that it is a search engine that respects users’ privacy. Gabriel Weinberg is the founder and CEO of DuckDuckGo, a popular and highly polished search engine that respects your privacy.

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