On 12/16/10, balaji sivanath <starbala2...@gmail.com> wrote: > hi, > > i didnt get any strong reason to switch from google to duckduckgo. > what are the things google lacks which ddg gives?
Google lacks 1.privacy it tracks everything even when you aren't logged in your IP addresses are stored in their db see [1] 2. lots of goodies at [2] for example !bang feature which lets you search stuff directly over a website like you can search for Debian packages like !dpackages <package-name> and more such at [3] >i have mail,documents,photos..etc on google various products,how can i switch > instantly from google to ddg. > well if you care about your privacy you have to come out this Google cloud otherwise your privacy is at stake someway or the other! [1] https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/10/search-engines-protect-privacy-outbound-https [2] https://duckduckgo.com/goodies.html [3] https://duckduckgo.com/bang.html -- Parin Sharma http://identi.ca/FOSSmaniac Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html -- _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
