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

["Solem, Vik P." <Vik.Solem () TUFTS EDU>]

On 2012-01-25 12:20 , "Steve Bohrer" <skbohrer () SIMONS-ROCK EDU> wrote:


> On Jan 25, 2012, at 11:46 AM, Martin Manjak wrote:
>
> > Time to switch your default search engine.
>
>   https://duckduckgo.com

Wow!  Nice!  I like it.  Fast.  No ads.

> 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

I like it even better.


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


Yes.  I just changed my Google Chrome instance to use it as the default
search engine.  I'll see how it goes.  Might just have to change over my
other machines/browsers.

Thanks again.

-Vik


Vik Solem, CISSP, Sr. Applications Risk Consultant
Tufts University, Information Security, vik.solem () tufts edu / 617-627-4326
InfoSec Team: information_security () tufts edu / 617-627-6070