DuckDuckGo allows MS trackers


Who cares really -- unless you've got something to hide why bother. Unless you move to "The people's paradise" of N.Korea we all need money -- businesses, pensioners, workers of any sort, investors etc etc.

In any case even in the days of super fast computers and massive increase in storage capacity the sheer volume of data swilling around the Internet is just too vast for people to worry about where "jimbo" does his internet seaching or what he's looking for. If people are up to no good then I have no problem with that being flagged and sent to the appropriate authorities e.g "Child Porn, Paedophilia. Terrorism", etc.

Too much paranoia these days.

Cheers
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Strike 1 (censoring), strike 2 (downranking) , strike 3 (tracking), DDG has to go.
There are still search engines that honor users: Brave, MetaGerm, Searx, Swisscows
 

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Who cares really -- unless you've got something to hide why bother.
Maybe some have noticed... merely having an opinion other than approved official ones will ding your 'social' score. Brought to you by 10 years of "unless you have something to hide....".
The point is, the existence of these other search engines was based upon "your privacy matters". It doesn't. I really don't have anything to hide, but my mail app tells me which of the companies I do business with are junk, no matter what settings or rules I use, search results tell me only what I ought to read and all of it causes my 'advertising ID' to mind read and fortune tell. It's frustrating since we remember when our PC was ours. And the average guy, unless they are going to forums like this are none the wiser.
 

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Yes, but how much does the internet..... weigh?
 

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Yes, but how much does the internet..... weigh?

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Maybe some have noticed... merely having an opinion other than approved official ones will ding your 'social' score. Brought to you by 10 years of "unless you have something to hide....".
The point is, the existence of these other search engines was based upon "your privacy matters". It doesn't. I really don't have anything to hide, but my mail app tells me which of the companies I do business with are junk, no matter what settings or rules I use, search results tell me only what I ought to read and all of it causes my 'advertising ID' to mind read and fortune tell. It's frustrating since we remember when our PC was ours. And the average guy, unless they are going to forums like this are none the wiser.
Why should I even care what "A social score" is -- If you don't like the laws then get to the ballot box and elect people who represent you -- if there aren't any then stand yourself as a candidate.

If the views you want are appreciated by people you'll garner votes. "Democracy when exercised properly" works.

Perhaps it's better in Nordic countries with small populations rather than mega buck sized corporations with zillions of bucks who are increasingly remote not only from their customers but also their investors -- but that's far too political to get entangled with on essentially a technical Forum.

Most social media is usually a load of Bovine Scatology anyway -- just do REAL socialising with Real physical humans (or robots if you prefer).

Far too much attention on Twitter and other garbage like that these days. Perhaps the French have it correct --" Pour La Poubelle ou La Toilette" (and you shouldn't need Google translate to work that out). !!!!

Cheers
jimbo
 
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So much for 'nobody is interested in nobodies like you and me' believers

The British 'Consumers' Association' set up a house of Smart devices then monitored internet traffic.
They detected a password hacking attempt every five minutes.

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The worst offender is Doubleclick.net...... its a google spin off
 

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-- unless you've got something to hide why bother.
Everyone has something to 'hide', e.g. your ID that can be used to empty your bank account. You even MUST (by your signature on a banking service agreement) safeguard that info the best you can.

Note that hackers take ALL the info they can get their hands on :eek1:
 

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