Yahoo / Bing, Microsoft and others are just as bad. Don't get me wrong, Google and FB need to change their ways, but they aren't alone.

For example, Yahoo was caught helping the US government spy on consumers, whether they were suspect or not: http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-yahoo-em...

What's more, Yahoo is now owned by Verizon, a company known for anti-consumer practices.

We should all make some easy changes:

- Use DuckDuckGo to get Yahoo /Bing search results in privacy

- Use StartPage.com to get Google search results in privacy

- Use a privacy-friendly email service

- Either quit FB or use it only as a billboard

- Get a Linux distro and avoid Windows OS when possible

- Try LibreOffice. It rivals Office!

etc.

I agree with you.

- Use uBlock Origin when browsing the interwebs

- Use GoAccess instead of Google Analytics

- Use the incognito/private tab

His revelations were instrumental in driving people to seek privacy-friendly search options.

Agreed. I was frowning at the editing error: NASA instead of NSA. Kind a massive miss on that one.

Banging into Google using !G is like searching Google directly. Banging from DDG doesn't confer any privacy protections. A lot of people don't know this.

Right. StartPage.com delivers Google search results in privacy. Plus, it offers a free proxy with every search result so you can visit websites through StartPage anonymously, too.

Only if I'm signed into Google or allowing it to set cookies right and not spoofing my user agent right? ;)

I don't know if you're still affiliated with StartPage.com but the done thing is to mention that in any posts promoting your company.

Privacy alert: Banging into Google is like going there directly!

If you want Google search results in privacy, use the !s or !sp from DDG to get StartPage.com.

Hi Sir_Cmpwn. You probably know that DuckDuckGo bangs DO NOT convey any privacy protections. I know people who bang into Google from DDG thinking they are protected.

If you want to get Google results in privacy, better to bang into StartPage.com using !s or !sp -- That way you get Google results without the tracking.

It's kind of rude to advertise while giving the false impression you're a disinterested punter. It's also tiring to read the same comment plugging the same product after half a dozen posts on this page.