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Mastodon Migration | 1 years ago (raw) | export | reply | flag 
 So, this surveillance capitalism thing is totally out of hand. Today @749d2a0c had a great explainer (https://mastodon.social/@protonmail/111165171600485248) on the mind bending evil Google is up to with it's new "privacy features". But pretty much every tech company is now in the business of profiling you and monetizing your tidbits. 

What can you do? A lot as it turns out, but if you just want ONE EASY THING that you can do today, SWITCH TO FIREFOX (https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/) and make DuckDuckGo your default search engine.
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djsf | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @47962f8a @749d2a0c 

I have never and will never have any desire to see "ads that are more relevant to me"
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David Koff (he/him) | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @47962f8a @749d2a0c 

100% disagree about your #searchengine recommendation. 

For top #privacy and #Security   choose a search engine that is not located in the US nor any of the “five eyes” countries.

That means avoid #google #duckduckgo and #mojeek 

Try #startpage or #searx