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  1. Anthony Rogers

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    No mention of Bing .

    I nearly always use that. The picture search is excellent.
     
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    • shiney

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      I thought he died years ago! I liked his singing. :blue thumb:
       
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        I've been using Bing since changing to Windows 10. I'm happy with that so don't need the Ducks or Google. :)
         
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          I found out yesterday that Duckduckgo have sold out to Bill Gates - they are allowing Bill to track your movements on the web.

          I'm moving over to the Brave web browser - which at the moment - arguably - provides the most privacy for your browsing needs.:smile:
           
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          • pete

            pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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            Not something I've ever been paranoid about. :biggrin:
             
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              Have not heard that DDG has actually been sold to MS, more that there is the arrangement between them which happened a year ago.
              DuckDuckGo browser allows Microsoft trackers due to search agreement

              Was following a thread on another forum about privacy and data mining protection and this was one guys protection / privacy method for the PC and Mobile, though the Pi-Hole is something thats more for the advanced users.

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              Have given Brave a go, its based on Firefox which I still prefer, but as another poster commented "The most effective data mining / privacy counter measure is to clear history, data and cookies on a browser's exit."

              That can be achieved by changing the Settings in any browser, but clearly closing your browser regularly is a good idea, and always close it before and after visiting any key sites like banking.
               

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