news.com.com — It's been difficult to make direct comparisons on the search engines privacy policies, in part because privacy policies tend to be written by lawyers for lawyers. So CNET News.com did some of the work for you by surveying the five leading search companies.
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crash128Aug 14, 2007
scroogle.com says it sends your request to google after stripping your info, and doesn't use cookies. Don't know if it's true, but I've been using it.
hexelAug 14, 2007
It is only as public as we accept it to be. And if it actually were as public as you suggest it is, law enforcement wouldn't need subpoenas and court orders to get at an individual's information, and hacking wouldn't be illegal. Unless you're a corporate/government shill, I suggest you educate yourself about your true rights as a private individual.
crash128Aug 14, 2007
Sorry, scroogle.ORG - my bad.And NerdyNinja - I just figure it can't be any worse than using google directly. Of course unless scroogle is a front group for all of the isp's, phone co's, and cable companys, which I understand are now creating a massive database ... hold on, I believe the rfid chip in my brain is receiving a message - gotta go.
kingkilrAug 14, 2007
Be sure not to use AOL, remember when they accidentally published user's entire search history.
lukasmackAug 14, 2007
Were becoming like china
mraustin1337Aug 14, 2007
I would suggest that they only keep this information because they are smaller. I too will use Ask for more "sensitive" searches.