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[yegg]

This person is not employed by DuckDuckGo. They formerly worked there, and not for a couple of years. We had nothing to do with this op-ed.

[hackernewds → yegg]

Mere employment does not negate that the person might still have financial incentives tied to DDG. If anything, they might be concealed better and are MORE likely they can publish with conflict of interest, without legal risk.

[whycome → hackernewds]

You're right. And on the other hand, someone with passion and knowledge about the domain will likely be working for one of its major players at some point.

[Angostura → hackernewds]

Are claiming that the author still does have financial links to DDG? That's quite an accusation.

[frde → Angostura]

Is it such a ridiculous idea that a former executive might have stock options or some kind of lingering financial stake? Worth at least investigating.

[WarOnPrivacy → frde]

With laser precise specificity, what - exactly - are you inferring she did?

[labster → WarOnPrivacy]

Beware isolated demands for rigor

[lazide → labster]

Including this one?

We don’t know, but it does seem like a reasonable suspicion?

Little DDG would necessarily have to do with it either.