On Thu, 2011-06-02 at 16:32 -0400, William Hopkins wrote: > On 06/02/11 at 10:21pm, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Thu, 2011-06-02 at 16:06 -0400, William Hopkins wrote: > > > On 06/02/11 at 09:49pm, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > > Unfortunately there seems to be no search engine able to replace > > > > Google's search engine. > > > > > > > > E.g. > > > > http://www.ixquick.com/ > > > > and > > > > http://www.scroogle.org/cgi-bin/scraper.htm > > > > can't replace Google for my needs. > > > > > > Scroogle IS google. So.. not a great example? > > > > The 'hacked' Google don't need plugins to ensure that Google doesn't > > collect your data. Not everybody is using Firefox. > > But Scroogle for the German language isn't really a German Google, hits > > very often are terrible translated English sides, when using Scroogle. > > Other search engines, such as Clusty became untrustworthy. > > I don't follow your meaning of 'hacked'. > I wasn't aware scroogle didn't localize, sorry. But it IS still google. > > > > > > > > > Btw. I talk homepages down that use trackers, such as Google analytics. > > > > > > noscript and requestpolicy do a fair job at blocking such things. > > > > There are a lot more that can do this I know, but to be secure I don't > > like to leave the house armed with a Colt. If I would need a Colt to > > leave my home, I wouldn't feel comfortable. Analogies might be a little > > bit inappropriate, but IMO it's a similar situation. > > I have no idea what you are talking about. 1) these addons are for privacy > more than security 2) your analogy is awkward, if you lived in some dangerous > area and had to carry a gun... what? Are you suggesting not to do so for > 'comfort'? > I really am lost here. What's your proposed alternative?
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