Protecting privacy

Joshua Judson Rosen rozzin at geekspace.com
Tue Feb 21 10:09:42 EST 2012


"Michael ODonnell" <michael.odonnell at comcast.net> writes:
>
> > Here's the problem I ran into: I wanted to be logged out when
> > using Google as a search engine.  [...]  I don't even use them
> > for that anymore, so it seems kind of moot, but with their web
> > bugs and trackers all over it really isn't.
> 
> I use https://duckduckgo.com/ in an attempt to at least hinder
> the wholesale collection of info about my browsing habits and
> WWW searches.  Developments such as Evercookies or the recent
> complaints about Google "accidentally" ignoring browser's
> privacy settings make one wonder if it isn't a quixotic waste
> of time, but Illegitimi Non Carborundum...

DuckDuckGo also has an alias URL that's easier/quicker to type
than "google.com": "ddg.gg".

Win, all around :)

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