-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 09:43:26AM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > tomas writes: > > Part of Google's perceived superiority is that it "learns to know > > you": a couple of search terms thrown in, for Google is "search terms > > + context", while for DDG, the context is missing. > > Google does not "learn to know you" if you block all its scripts and > cookies, which is how I use it. It's still vastly superior to the Duck.
Others have already chimed in. My reading proposal: https://panopticlick.eff.org/ It's Google's core business. They even invest a lot of money in clients (Mozilla, Chrome, Android). Why should they refrain from that? When I say they "know" you I mean not personally, but statistically. It's not some Evil Mastermind (TM) who is after you, but simple, plain, cold business. It doesn't make sense to go all paranoid over that. I know that even if I keep my own mail server they analyze all my mails (enough of my peers have an @gmail address, enough of my stuff is in public mailing lists, ready for harvesting), but I see it as my duty to not feed that machine beyond what's "reasonable" (yes, this is a judgement call). "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they are not after you" -- Joseph Heller cheers - -- tomás -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAljwjJMACgkQBcgs9XrR2kYZ4QCdFCKkBfsXM6luYNOn5apfaE6E VbwAniQJUd3/lPSNRKJbebxKmdwJ6+O+ =ZFm/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
