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How to Live Without Google
Duck Duck Go Newsletter ^ | Sept 14, 2017 | Dax the duck

Posted on 09/25/2017 6:14:37 AM PDT by ptsal

Google trackers have been found on 75% of the top million websites. This means they are not only tracking what you search for, they're also tracking which websites you visit, and using all your data for ads that follow you around the internet. Your personal data can also be subpoenaed by lawyers, including for civil cases like divorce. Google answered over 100,000 such data requests in 2016 alone!

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Technical
KEYWORDS: cookie; duckduckgo; google; googletrackers; scaretactics; tracker
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To: ptsal

Why bother?


41 posted on 09/25/2017 1:37:43 PM PDT by bert (K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column)
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To: ptsal
Well, there is always Yandex, a search engine you can collude with.
42 posted on 09/25/2017 1:42:24 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: MosesKnows

If the information stimulates thought and constructive discourse okay...

If not, proceed to the next post.

Ciao.


43 posted on 09/25/2017 2:36:48 PM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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To: discostu

How can anyone continue to use facebook when we know fully the goals of mr. zuckerberg?


44 posted on 09/25/2017 2:54:56 PM PDT by NYAmerican
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To: ptsal
DuckDuckGo for search engine.

Firefox or Edge for browser.

45 posted on 09/25/2017 3:00:31 PM PDT by TChris ("Hello", the politician lied.)
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To: NYAmerican

Because I don’t inconvenience myself with pointless boycotts. FB is a vital communication platform for me. And a game platform. With 2 billion monthly active users the only person that would get punished if I left FB would be me.


46 posted on 09/25/2017 3:04:54 PM PDT by discostu (Things are in their place, The heavens are secure, The whole thing explodes in my face)
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To: TChris

Brave works as a browser


47 posted on 09/25/2017 4:10:20 PM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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To: discostu

“Because I don’t inconvenience myself with pointless boycotts.”

Fair enough. Nobody would expect you to inconvenience yourself.


48 posted on 09/26/2017 2:25:07 PM PDT by NYAmerican
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To: NYAmerican

The important part there is the “pointless”. As I said, and you studiously ignored, FB has over 2 billion unique users a month. If I boycotted them they wouldn’t even notice. The only purpose of such a boycott is virtue signalling, not my thing.


49 posted on 09/26/2017 2:28:10 PM PDT by discostu (Things are in their place, The heavens are secure, The whole thing explodes in my face)
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To: discostu

You have a valid point. I just closed my Amazon account, my Ebay account and my Paypal account. I realize that those global behemoths will not miss me one bit. Still, I could not in good conscience “engage” with them any longer. Many of my conservative friends still “submit” to google, facebook, etc. I don’t blame them. Everyone must decide for themself when it is time to part ways with the Devil. I confess I continued doing business with all of them for several years after I already knew they were evil. It’s strictly a personal thing.


50 posted on 09/26/2017 2:42:22 PM PDT by NYAmerican
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