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Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> writes: |
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> Hi list, |
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> I ran across this news item about Google: |
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> http://alturl.com/s7xi5 |
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> The long URL is below. I'm sort of getting to where I don't like Google |
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> since they seem to be doing things that I'm just not comfy with. Next |
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> they will want a camera on my rig so they can watch me surf. I found a |
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> search engine that may work. It is here: |
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> www.ixquick.com |
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> Does anyone have a better search tool? I don't like Yahoo either. I do |
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> like froogle so that would be a bonus. You know, shopping tool. |
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> Now to my next issue. I'm thinking about switching emails too. Yea, |
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> everyone on here knows my addy but I bet most can recognize my posts |
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> anyway. Plus, if the init thingy goes south, well, it happens. Anyway, |
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> what is a nice stable email account server that allows pop access, |
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> Seamonkey as the email program, that is not tracking everything or nosey |
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> as heck? Free would be nice but I would pay something inexpensive on a |
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> yearly basis if it is really good. I think Yahoo has this but ain't |
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> they sort of like Google already? Plus, I'm not sure how much longer |
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> Yahoo is going to last or make similar changes itself. I'm sort of |
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> getting tired of switching emails every time I switch ISPs or there is a |
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> policy change. That is why I switched to gmail in the first place. No |
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> matter what ISP I use, I can still use Gmail. Yet, here I am again. |
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> Thoughts? Suggestions? |
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> Dale |
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> :-) :-) |
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> Long URL just in case the shorty above doesn't work. It may be broken |
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> tho. Copy and paste alert. |
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> 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 |
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For an alternative search engine you should have a look at DuckDuckGo |
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I've used it in the past and it has a pretty impressive set of |
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features. As for e-mail I've heard good things about FastMail. Hushmail |
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used to be a good one but I'm not sure how they stand today. |
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