From: Michael Mathurin <angelfly91@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Google privacy changes
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:48:28 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ipjyvogz.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F20FDB1.1030100@gmail.com> (Dale's message of "Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:16:01 -0600")
Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> writes:
> Hi list,
>
> I ran across this news item about Google:
>
> http://alturl.com/s7xi5
>
> The long URL is below. I'm sort of getting to where I don't like Google
> since they seem to be doing things that I'm just not comfy with. Next
> they will want a camera on my rig so they can watch me surf. I found a
> search engine that may work. It is here:
>
> www.ixquick.com
>
> Does anyone have a better search tool? I don't like Yahoo either. I do
> like froogle so that would be a bonus. You know, shopping tool.
>
> Now to my next issue. I'm thinking about switching emails too. Yea,
> everyone on here knows my addy but I bet most can recognize my posts
> anyway. Plus, if the init thingy goes south, well, it happens. Anyway,
> what is a nice stable email account server that allows pop access,
> Seamonkey as the email program, that is not tracking everything or nosey
> as heck? Free would be nice but I would pay something inexpensive on a
> yearly basis if it is really good. I think Yahoo has this but ain't
> they sort of like Google already? Plus, I'm not sure how much longer
> Yahoo is going to last or make similar changes itself. I'm sort of
> getting tired of switching emails every time I switch ISPs or there is a
> policy change. That is why I switched to gmail in the first place. No
> matter what ISP I use, I can still use Gmail. Yet, here I am again.
>
> Thoughts? Suggestions?
>
> Dale
>
> :-) :-)
>
> Long URL just in case the shorty above doesn't work. It may be broken
> tho. Copy and paste alert.
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/google-tracks-consumers-across-products-users-cant-opt-out/2012/01/24/gIQArgJHOQ_story.html?wpisrc=al_comboNE_b
For an alternative search engine you should have a look at DuckDuckGo
I've used it in the past and it has a pretty impressive set of
features. As for e-mail I've heard good things about FastMail. Hushmail
used to be a good one but I'm not sure how they stand today.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-01-26 8:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 69+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-01-26 7:16 [gentoo-user] Google privacy changes Dale
2012-01-26 8:47 ` J. Roeleveld
2012-01-26 8:48 ` Michael Mathurin [this message]
2012-01-26 10:07 ` Mick
2012-01-26 11:33 ` Neil Bothwick
2012-01-26 12:56 ` Mick
2012-01-26 13:50 ` Neil Bothwick
2012-01-26 14:05 ` Michael Hampicke
2012-01-26 14:10 ` Michael Mol
2012-01-26 14:16 ` Dale
2012-01-26 14:34 ` Michael Mol
2012-01-26 16:04 ` Frank Steinmetzger
2012-01-26 16:14 ` Michael Mol
2012-01-27 0:38 ` William Kenworthy
2012-01-27 1:49 ` Michael Mol
2012-01-27 8:47 ` Neil Bothwick
2012-01-26 16:20 ` Mick
2012-01-26 18:36 ` Mike Edenfield
2012-01-26 16:12 ` Paul Hartman
2012-01-26 16:18 ` Michael Mol
2012-01-26 16:18 ` Michael Hampicke
2012-01-26 16:24 ` James Broadhead
2012-01-27 6:41 ` Graham Murray
2012-01-27 14:53 ` Michael Mol
2012-01-26 20:45 ` Daniel da Veiga
2012-01-26 15:13 ` Neil Bothwick
2012-01-26 15:23 ` Michael Mol
2012-01-26 14:12 ` Mick
2012-01-26 15:12 ` Neil Bothwick
2012-01-26 21:29 ` Alan McKinnon
2012-01-27 0:48 ` Peter Humphrey
2012-01-27 12:21 ` Mick
2012-01-27 12:31 ` Neil Bothwick
2012-01-27 12:59 ` Mick
2012-01-27 13:13 ` Neil Bothwick
2012-01-27 13:24 ` Alan McKinnon
2012-01-26 21:47 ` Michael Hampicke
2012-01-26 23:02 ` Neil Bothwick
2012-01-26 18:09 ` Florian Philipp
2012-01-26 19:30 ` Mick
2012-01-26 19:52 ` Michael Mol
2012-01-26 20:06 ` Paul Hartman
2012-01-26 20:57 ` Neil Bothwick
2012-01-26 8:58 ` Walter Dnes
2012-01-26 12:36 ` Timo Briddigkeit
2012-01-26 13:07 ` John J. Foster
2012-01-26 13:59 ` Dale
2012-01-26 15:22 ` John J. Foster
2012-01-26 15:28 ` John J. Foster
2012-01-26 16:08 ` Frank Steinmetzger
2012-01-27 0:08 ` Dale
2012-01-26 16:38 ` Paul Hartman
2012-01-26 17:11 ` Lorenzo Bandieri
2012-01-26 17:35 ` Mick
2012-01-26 17:38 ` Paul Hartman
2012-01-27 6:57 ` Dale
2012-01-27 18:49 ` Florian Philipp
2012-01-27 14:48 ` v_2e
2012-01-27 16:14 ` Paul Hartman
2012-02-08 8:55 ` Pandu Poluan
2012-02-08 15:46 ` Paul Hartman
2012-02-08 15:53 ` Michael Mol
2012-02-08 17:17 ` Pandu Poluan
2012-02-08 18:28 ` Michael Mol
2012-01-29 14:35 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2012-01-29 19:12 ` Dale
2012-01-29 19:47 ` Mick
2012-01-29 23:57 ` Chris Walters
2012-02-08 8:01 ` Dale
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