On Feb 9, 2023, at 11:34 AM, Sellam Abraham via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 9, 2023 at 11:28 AM Angel M Alganza via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >> On 2023-02-09 15:31, Eric Moore via cctalk wrote: >> >>> If in doubt, GOOGLE THE WEBSITE, and see if valid websites link to it, >>> if >> [...] >>> Stay safe out there :) >> >> In my opinion, one of the first things to do to try to stay safe out >> there, if not the first, is to stop using that website and use one that >> doesn't track what you search, that doesn't show you different results >> to what it shows to other people who do the same search, and that >> doesn't treat you as its product. >> > > 100% agreed. > > That being said, all search engines are more or less broken today, due to a > number of factors. It's like we're back in 1996. Except worse. > > Sellam
That’s an interesting observation Sellam, and I have to agree. In thinking about it, I was able to find stuff on the Internet easier in 1995 than I seem to be able to now. I mostly avoid Google like the plague now, but I decided to use it today to look for a very specific term, it still spews nonsense. Zane
