DuckDuckGo, like most small search engines, pulls their results from several of the major search engines, one of which is Google
The only search engines that are independent of Google are Yahoo! and Bing.
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DuckDuckGo, like most small search engines, pulls their results from several of the major search engines, one of which is Google
The only search engines that are independent of Google are Yahoo! and Bing.
DuckDuckGo, like most small search engines, pulls their results from several of the major search engines, one of which is Google
While Yahoo! and Bing are independent of Google, they are not independent of each other:
On July 29, 2009, Microsoft and Yahoo! announced a deal in which Bing would power Yahoo! Search. All Yahoo! Search global customers and partners are expected to have made the transition by early 2012.
Third paragraph from here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bing
/just sayin'
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they all do the same privacy crap ... selling your web habits to anyone who pays them
true that and compare them to Google's you will find out that they are about the same. Only difference is Google's is a lot easier to understand and has less legal jargin.
For me it has no real effect on me has I am pretty tightly wound into Google and their services. Google handles my email, search, contacts, calendar and several other cloud services.
Plus @gmail.com looks a lot more professional than @hotmail.com or @yahoo.com
Sorry but @hotmail.com has the worse mental image with it and @yahoo.com is not much better.
And what would Google gain from publishing emails? Why would they shoot themselves in the head? People would stop using their services and Google would most likely face dozens, if not hundreds, of lawsuits. They may use your personal data for their own purposes but I have zero fear of Google publishing all my details.
I'm far more concerned about SOPAs, ACTAs and all the other nonsense that would allow governments to monitor my data.
Other than that policy, who reads them when signing up. Nobody reads the TOS or Privacy policy because they are so convoluted. Google is no different from any other website or email client. They will all track what you do and use it to their advantage. I want all policys to be easy to read without needing a lawyer present. Who knows what you are clicking, maybe you just sold your first born to them. They could throw anything in there and you would never know it but you click accept and don't bother reading 50 pages of legal jargon.
Google is not the one to be worried about, your ISP knows far more about you than Google does.
Don't want Google tracking you, don't log in.
Google is not the one to be worried about, your ISP knows far more about you than Google does.
Don't want Google tracking you, don't log in.
Exactly. I don't see why this is a problem. I'm never logged into Google on my web browser. And if I do need to log into Google for some reason, I always log out when I'm finished doing what I need to do. I use Gmail, but through the Mail.app.
Thanks! I was not aware of this site. Very nice.
I admit I was thinking of OS-agnostic services.
Likewise.
Anyone have a good link for setting up Google product privacy? I'm thinking primarily of Google Mail. If it's all ready been mentioned in this thread, how about a reply number? Thanks!
Finding Google privacy
Same here. Tried to use one of the many notices I got from Google to track my page where I made sure I opted out of anything I could. Spent an hour trying to find that stuff. Only found where I could read the new policy. Not under my account(s) were I could make sure I've opted out everywhere I can do that.
Besides, I heard that privacy rules across the Internet were changing. Anyone heard about that?
Same here. Tried to use one of the many notices I got from Google to track my page where I made sure I opted out of anything I could. Spent an hour trying to find that stuff. Only found where I could read the new policy. Not under my account(s) were I could make sure I've opted out everywhere I can do that.
Besides, I heard that privacy rules across the Internet were changing. Anyone heard about that?
Uhh based on many of the comments just in this thread alone, most people just dont care about their privacy anymore.
I mean I am not going to wear a foil hat, but I just don't understand the lay back and let them get their free screw, mentality.
these companies are parasites, and its like everyone wants to trade a little bit of convienence for A LOT of virtual STD.
They should be paying US to use their sites, but of course they have everyone virtually brainwashed to just not care what they do, or who they do it to.
as for data, how many companies have shared their data over the years after "promising" not to?
Google also is overly genreous with out data to the government, As in most cases they just give them what they ask for. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/google-gives-user-data-to-government-in-most-cases-2011-06-27
Not to mention freely handing over european user data, to US government. http://gov2u.org/index.php/blog/158
So much for "dont be evil"
I just cant believe so many don't care in the slightest
If you look at what people post to Facebook you will realize that they don't care about privacy or personal filters. The kids just post without thinking about the consequences 20 years later. Google could do what ever they want because people are so open with their data.
Again, don't want Google seeing it, don't post it to the internet.
Again, don't want Google seeing it, don't post it to the internet.
I agree that Facebook is the bigger threat to privacy going forward, Google has more information now but they are no match for what Facebook will become.
At least employers etc can't see what you've searched on Google
Providing you use a fake name and make your wall only available to your friends, they can't search what you've put on Facebook either.
Indeed, so it's their own fault if their stupid comments get them disliked by employers then
4 Easy Steps to Remove Your Google Search History (before its posted on YouTube).
Thankfully you just need to follow a few simple steps to erase and turn off your search history. See the article below, which outlines 4 steps on how to pause/delete your Google Web History.
http://eduardoangel.com/2012/02/22/how-to-remove-your-google-search-history- before-its-posted-on-youtube/#more-2414
Any thoughts on this?
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Jason
Thankfully you just need to follow a few simple steps to erase and turn off your search history. See the article below, which outlines 4 steps on how to pause/delete your Google Web History.
http://eduardoangel.com/2012/02/22/how-to-remove-your-google-search-history- before-its-posted-on-youtube/#more-2414
Any thoughts on this?
Share your feedback.
Best,
Jason