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The Help Desk => Computer Related Discussions & Questions => Topic started by: Thor on January 28, 2010, 10:05:59 AM

Title: Google
Post by: Thor on January 28, 2010, 10:05:59 AM

An eye-opening article about Google, itself, not just the browser, but anybody that uses Google as a Search Engine:

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=123391

Title: Re: Google
Post by: thundley4 on January 28, 2010, 11:01:17 AM

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Albrecht said the government may also subpoena citizens' private information after it has been stored by Google, Yahoo and Bing. In a December 2009 interview with CNBC, Google CEO Eric Schmidt divulged that search engines may turn over citizens' private information to the government.

Sounds like we're screwed either way unless we use StartPage.

Title: Re: Google
Post by: Thor on January 28, 2010, 11:05:35 AM

I did a test that I did on Bing. Bing returned no results and StartPage returned similar results as Google. I switched my search engine to StartPage

Title: Re: Google
Post by: Chris_ on January 28, 2010, 11:22:11 AM

If big brother wants info on your surfing habits he can get it, no problem. You would have to be in some serious shit for them to take your computer, but if they did it's all over. There is no privacy on the internet. :naughty: