Am 26.01.2012 11:07, schrieb Mick: > On Thursday 26 Jan 2012 08:48:28 Michael Mathurin wrote: >> Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> writes: >>> Hi list, >>> >>> I ran across this news item about Google: >>> >>> http://alturl.com/s7xi5 >>> >>> The long URL is below. I'm sort of getting to where I don't like Google >>> since they seem to be doing things that I'm just not comfy with. Next >>> they will want a camera on my rig so they can watch me surf. I found a >>> search engine that may work. It is here: >>> >>> www.ixquick.com >>> >>> Does anyone have a better search tool? I don't like Yahoo either. I do >>> like froogle so that would be a bonus. You know, shopping tool. >>> >>> Now to my next issue. I'm thinking about switching emails too. Yea, >>> everyone on here knows my addy but I bet most can recognize my posts >>> anyway. Plus, if the init thingy goes south, well, it happens. Anyway, >>> what is a nice stable email account server that allows pop access, >>> Seamonkey as the email program, that is not tracking everything or nosey >>> as heck? Free would be nice but I would pay something inexpensive on a >>> yearly basis if it is really good. I think Yahoo has this but ain't >>> they sort of like Google already? Plus, I'm not sure how much longer >>> Yahoo is going to last or make similar changes itself. I'm sort of >>> getting tired of switching emails every time I switch ISPs or there is a >>> policy change. That is why I switched to gmail in the first place. No >>> matter what ISP I use, I can still use Gmail. Yet, here I am again. >>> >>> Thoughts? Suggestions? >>> >>> Dale >>> >>> :-) :-) >>> >>> Long URL just in case the shorty above doesn't work. It may be broken >>> tho. Copy and paste alert. >>> >>> http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/google-tracks-consumers >>> -across-products-users-cant-opt-out/2012/01/24/gIQArgJHOQ_story.html?wpis >>> rc=al_comboNE_b >> >> For an alternative search engine you should have a look at DuckDuckGo >> I've used it in the past and it has a pretty impressive set of >> features. As for e-mail I've heard good things about FastMail. Hushmail >> used to be a good one but I'm not sure how they stand today. > > I've used Fastmail for years and is a very reliable email provider. It does > not have the storage allowance of Gmail on its free account, so space will > run > out unless you start deleting messages. Also, unless you pay you are only > allowed to access messages via webmail and IMAP4, not POP3. There are > options > for webmail scrapers or archiving of messages via mail clients, but Fastmail > is not Google in terms of access options and features.
+1 for Fastmail. I guess the "add free" service for 5 bucks per year would be sufficient for Dale as he doesn't need much online space when he uses POP3, anyway. > > BTW, it seems to me that if you access youtube and at the same time search > Google without being logged in to any of their portals, they will not be > tracking your email for user profiling purposes. They may be logging IP > addresses but it could be different users on the same IP address, so > advertising results would not be relevant. > > Delete flash and normal cookies, do not log in to any Google sites and you > should be as good with their tracking of your habits as you always were. > This made me thinking: Does anyone out there use different browsers for different services? Like using Chrome only for GMail, Youtube and G+, Opera for Facebook and Firefox for normal browsing? I guess you could achieve the same using different user profiles. For example `firefox --no-remote -P google` and `firefox --no-remote -P default`. Regards, Florian Philipp
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