Firefox exec recommends Bing

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Because of privacy issues
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Thanks for that article

I have been thinking about this in the last few days and i thought i was paranoid, but now that a find this video i see i am not that crazy.

Um, a search engine from Microsoft is not going to be that much better than Google.

Both have similar agendas.

Not to mention, I have found that Google generally generates superior results. Also, their widgets (eg. maps) require less processing power, and are less likely to become unstable.

Yeah I came across this a few days ago. I don't know if Bing is going to be any better than Google. The thing is that they are both owned by money hungry corporations, which both invade your privacy. Also I think Bing wont be as good Google when it come to returning results. I think Google delivers some good products and solutions, but its at the cost of your privacy. Google uses a unique tracking cookie for each computer which has visited a google website, this cookie has the potential to identify you directly and also builds a profile on you. They also use things like adsense which builds a profile on you (it looks at websites you have visited, what cookies are currently stored in your browser and if you are a gmail user it searches your emails for key terms) and also if you use Google chrome, it installs a unique tracking cookie which can not be removed.

I recommend using SRWare Iron which is based on Chromium source code but its removed the nasty stuff google has put in there and it has another advantage it keeps up with the latest stable version of webkit (rendering engine). When it comes to Google search you can either use scroogle (head over to www.scroogle.org) or you can block google from storing any cookies on your computer, if your even more paranoid you can use Firefox extensions like Ghostery and TACO plus google has an advertisement opt-out plug-in (www.google.com/privacy_ads.html). Also remember to disable 3rd Party cookies.

Yes indeed, we should all trust Microsoft, as they have always stood up for their customers, especially on privacy. [/SARCASM] ...now if you'll excuse me, the NSA's knocking on my backdoor.

Someone tell me this: Why do I have to be so worried about my privacy when searching online?

Essentially, you're being profiled. That information would be sold to whomever wants to buy it. That information can be used to manipulate you.

Most times, all we see is annoying targeted ads, but it's akin to someone tracking what magazines you choose to read (which can be done by monitoring subscription lists) except go a step farther...which articles you read; how long you spend reading them; how often you read them, etc.

Do you like someone peaking over your shoulder when you read a book? That's what tracking features in web browsers make possible. The average person is ignorant of it being done, but it's easy to think it's harmless until you get called into your boss' office and fired for what you look at online, or if someone knocks on your door to question you over what sites you visit and what you look at.

It's a loss of privacy at the very least. At worst, it's being profiled by somebody who has an agenda and needs information on you to control you.