You switched off of google as a search engine but you are still using google’s browser????
You’re still supporting google.
I’ve done the same but I’m on an android phone so I guess it don’t much matter. Down with The People’s Republic of Google.
I use the avast secure browser and use DuckDuckGo for searching.
BTW, The browser allows you to easily download online videos from Youtube, Vimeo, etc. as either a full video file of just an audio file.
You definitely want to get rid of Chrome.
You may not be aware of this - few are - but Chrome launches a program called “software_reporter_tool.exe” that scans your computer and tells Google what’s on it.
IMO that’s flat out criminal hacking. But until the law gets around to addressing it, get rid of Chrome to protect yourself.
Using Firefox here with SetupVPN, WebRTC Leak shield, Canvas defender, DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials, and Ad blocker.
All secure, I also rotate what country I connect from. The Canvas Defender is so the Browser can not be fingerprinted, and the WebRTC shield prevents IP address links.
All Secure...
Although nothing is bulletproof in the sense of privacy you can take steps to lessen the burden. Might I suggest Duckduckgo as the search engine. By far the better of all of them in respect to privacy.
Bing uses Google, so you are getting the same results either way.
https://www.businessinsider.com/bing-is-cribbing-from-google-search-results-2011-2
Every search engine with a sufficient volume of information copies Google, so it is no different than using Google. There are some highly specialized search engines for specific vocations or activities, and they won’t give you any generalized information at all. They are very limited in their scope.
Google owns us lock stock and barrel. I will never understand why a GOP billionaire doesn’t start a conservative search engine. It is as if they don’t want us to have one. There are plenty of conservative billionaires out there who could do this, and it would make a killing with all the people who hate Google.
I am constantly stunned by all the things a conservative icon like Rush Limbaugh could be doing to counter the left with action rather than words, but they just seem content to pile up new millions of dollars instead. I don’t begrudge them their financial success — they deserve it and I am happy for them. I am just mad that they could combine to create a conservative search engine, a conservative cable news channel and a conservative newspaper.
That is all I am asking for. 4 LITTLE THINGS. JUST 4.
Conservative Google.
Conservative CNN.
Conservative Facebook.
Conversvative USA Today/NY Times.
That is it. Is that too much to ask from the hundreds of conservative American billionaires out there? Maybe this is something ex-President Trump can do after he finishes his 2nd term. If I was a connected conservative billionaire, I would be pulling out the stops to get these 4 things made, not just sitting on my billions and piling up more while America crashes and burns.
Bings news feed is full of leftist propaganda. Not as bad as Yahoo but pretty bad still.
I use Bing as my search engine. I do use Google Maps.
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Chrome is google. Switch to MSM or Firefox or any others but get off of chrome and don't use gmail.