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Re: Google announces privacy changes, no opt out for users


From: Steve Bohrer <skbohrer () SIMONS-ROCK EDU>
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:20:59 -0500

On Jan 25, 2012, at 11:46 AM, Martin Manjak wrote:

Time to switch your default search engine.

  https://duckduckgo.com

Perhaps promising, though I've not used it much yet, so can't vouch for the quality of search. The main idea they are selling is that they don't retain user data:

  https://duckduckgo.com/privacy.html

It would be nice if this idea catches on as a valuable thing to look for in online services.

Steve Bohrer
Network Admin
Bard College at Simon's Rock
413-528-7645    


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