Quoth carlo von lynX: > At least DDG doesn't correlate search strings to Google identification > cookies, > so that is something better than nothing, but still..
I think that's actually a very significant usability improvement. Sure you can tell people "don't allow cookies for google, unless you use any of their services, in which case don't search when you're logged in, and flush all your cookies when you log out". But telling them "search with ddg.gg" is rather easier, and there's actually a chance they'll do it. You're correct that large governmental agencies can still do correlation etc themselves. But I'd still prefer have as few people as possible doing that, rather than volunteer such information over to companies as well. And it turns a "give us your account information" legal query into a "let us wiretap everything through you / backdoor you" legal query. Both of which seem to be A-OK at the moment, but I can imagine the present regimes ruling the latter illegal sometime soon. Ultimately, I agree with others, search is the sort of thing where a P2P, or open and distributed, system is sorely needed. Another reason is the control and understanding of the algorithms that tell you what's relevant to you, but that's another discussion. -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
