<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>DockDockGo has performed a survey[1] in the US with results that are quite unsettling. Around 75% of the surveyed people can't correctly identify the privacy benefits it provides and 66% *overestimate* the benefits. This is terrible, as it may potentially lead to people's privacy being compromised while they think they are protected.<br><br></div>We have always had some wording around what private browsing is and is not in about:privatebrowsing and other browsers have shown similar text in their UI, and clearly this isn't enough.<br><br></div>What else can be done about this? I think this can use some UX thought...<br><br></div>PS. The other interesting thing in the survey was 84% of the people being surveyed said they would consider switching to another major browser if it provided more privacy features, followed by a pitch about 83% of the people saying they would consider trying another browser if it offered a private browsing mode that uses a search engine that didn't track your searches. :-)<br clear="all"><div><div><div><div><br>[1] <a href="https://duckduckgo.com/download/Private_Browsing.pdf">https://duckduckgo.com/download/Private_Browsing.pdf</a><br><br></div><div>Cheers,<br></div><div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Ehsan<br></div></div>
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