There may also be others, but this one has worked for me.
Downsides: no cached or similar pages, no searchable search history, no cute math results, none of the value-add search links or maps at the top of the results - just the plain search results.
Upside: no data collection on my searches. (if I believe that the proxy is not also collecting data), you can also set it to give 100 se
dude, you MUST protect your precious search data, indeed. The way I see it, google cannot control _me_ if I understand how it works. It can control others who in turn may have power over me. But it's not me giving them no data that will prevent that. It'd be people educating themselves a little more.
Google is not the concern, nor is their control. I have no expectation Google uses search history for any purpose other than algorithm tweaking. The privacy issue comes from ones search history collected in one place. In aggregate, the collection of all Internet search history is an extremely powerful tool for learning about a person, and possibly exposing things an individual doesn't even realize they are revealing.
Most people have never been sued or accused of a crime, gone through a trial, been deposed or subpoenaed, or have any understanding of just how bad things can get when situations really go bad. There are times when one justifiably wants to guard their privacy carefully, but typically it's difficult to always know in the moment when those times are. Realizing after the fact that you need to protect information from discovery is too late.
proxy search services (Score:5, Informative)
I use a proxy as my default search service, like this:
http://www.scroogle.org/cgi-bin/nbbw.cgi?q=google+is+collecting+your+data [scroogle.org]
There may also be others, but this one has worked for me.
Downsides: no cached or similar pages, no searchable search history, no cute math results, none of the value-add search links or maps at the top of the results - just the plain search results.
Upside: no data collection on my searches. (if I believe that the proxy is not also collecting data), you can also set it to give 100 se
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Re:proxy search services (Score:3, Insightful)
Google is not the concern, nor is their control. I have no expectation Google uses search history for any purpose other than algorithm tweaking. The privacy issue comes from ones search history collected in one place. In aggregate, the collection of all Internet search history is an extremely powerful tool for learning about a person, and possibly exposing things an individual doesn't even realize they are revealing.
Most people have never been sued or accused of a crime, gone through a trial, been deposed or subpoenaed, or have any understanding of just how bad things can get when situations really go bad. There are times when one justifiably wants to guard their privacy carefully, but typically it's difficult to always know in the moment when those times are. Realizing after the fact that you need to protect information from discovery is too late.