If you've read most of my comments here in the forum over the last two years, then you've probably read one or more of my rants about how G00gle, Am@zon, and other multi-gazillion-dollar internet-based companies collect personal data from individuals on the internet, and then either use to market it additional goods and services to you, or worse, collect your personal data and then sell it to third-parties for their own purposes. In the United States, consumers have virtually no protection from this daily invasion of privacy, and in the European Union there has been only modest success in restraining these unseemly activities. I stopped using Google's Business Gmail for my company several years ago because Google was collecting information from private email communications as part of their commercial data collections services, I have re-registered my Youtube (a Google subsidiary) under a completely anonymous pseudonym, and and I have stopped using several websites completely, including Facebook (one of the biggest offenders). My personal data and communications are not to be sold or used without my express permission and informed consent. Period. Non-negotiable.
If you're not aware of these so-called "data-mining" activities, and the violations of your privacy they represent, I urge you to get up to speed.
All of that is introduction . . . in the last several days, I came across a new internet search engine service that was expressly created to respect and protect your internet privacy. It's called "Start Page," by Ixquick. Start Page uses the G00gle search engine's algorithms, but then strips out G00gle's cookies and other privacy-invading apps when it presents the search results to you. The Start Page service is completely free. And I am certainly not trying to sell you anything . . . this is just my small, rebellious way of poking my little finger in the eye of Big Data.
If you're interested, here's the link to the Start Page search engine, which includes a much longer explanation of the steps it takes to protect your privacy:
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Cheers.
If you're not aware of these so-called "data-mining" activities, and the violations of your privacy they represent, I urge you to get up to speed.
All of that is introduction . . . in the last several days, I came across a new internet search engine service that was expressly created to respect and protect your internet privacy. It's called "Start Page," by Ixquick. Start Page uses the G00gle search engine's algorithms, but then strips out G00gle's cookies and other privacy-invading apps when it presents the search results to you. The Start Page service is completely free. And I am certainly not trying to sell you anything . . . this is just my small, rebellious way of poking my little finger in the eye of Big Data.
If you're interested, here's the link to the Start Page search engine, which includes a much longer explanation of the steps it takes to protect your privacy:
(Link removed)
Cheers.
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