Have you all read the new google privacy policy?

[madokie]

http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/preview/

f**k google and the white horse they rode in on. I've been using my computer without letting google set a cookie on it for months now and you can bet that it will stay that way. Even if it shuts the internet down for me. fuck 'm

[caraher]

1. An option for search

Scroogle lets you use the Google search engine while depriving Google of your information.

[MADem]

2. I think that's the way to go for now! nt

[madokie]

3. I'll be checking that out, thanks

I won't be agreeing to any google privacy rights any longer.

[madokie]

8. As of this morning scroogle is not working

Over the weekend I did a few searches using scroogle with no problems but this morning I tried looking up a couple things and I get the message that google is blocking scroogle. In the mean time I'm back to using ixquick as my homepage.

Google sucks.

peace

[etherealtruth]

4. Thanks for posting

... as a serious technology "idiot" ...I appreciate help, tips and explanations from those that are not.

[warrior1]

5. check this out

This is the response I got in a random search on scroogle.

Forbidden
so sorry...
Google is temporarily blocking this Scroogle server.

Please wait ten minutes before trying again.

Yes, Scroogle is upset with Google.

1. Google handles 1 billion searches per day, while Scroogle handles 350,000 searches per day. This means that Scroogle is 0.035 percent of Google's load.

2. Google uses 900,000 servers, while Scroogle leases just six low-end dedicated servers.

3. Google has billions and billions of dollars in the bank, while Scroogle is a recognized public charity and survives on modest donations averaging $43 per day.

4. For more than seven years, Scroogle has always made serious efforts to detect and block any and all bots. Almost every Scroogle searcher is a live person clicking on a mouse. Yet Google treats Scroogle like a bot because they see the traffic from our six IP addresses as higher than normal. Searching Google with a bot is against Google's terms of service, but Scroogle users are not bots.


Is it "Terms of Service" for Google, or is it "Terms of Monopoly"?

You can tell the Antitrust Division what you think about Google.

[BadgerKid]

6. See also a previous thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002162459