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

[Isabelle Graham <graham () AMERICAN EDU>]

I've been using it for a while now (for various reasons) and I really 
like it. For those of you that keep cookies between sessions, they have 
some really nice options [http://duckduckgo.com/settings.html] and their 
bang syntax is a nice feature [http://duckduckgo.com/bang.html]. 
Definitely recommended.
Now I just need  a good free web-based email alternative...

Isabelle Graham
Information Security Engineer
American University

On 2012-01-25 13:40, Solem, Vik P. wrote:
> 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