Black belt in Mikado, Photo model, for the photos where they put under ‘BEFORE’
AFAIK it uses several engines (DDG among others) with which it ssearch the relevant information, using a own index of reliable sources. As said, I use it almost since the beginning because of it’s really good privacy, good results and reliable answers. It’s not a good ChatBot, it’s what it is for, as a search assistant, capable of summarizing and explaining content to specific questions and it does it very well, with links to all sources for further information.
Try Andi, it’s the most private (active privacy protection, anonymous, no account, no ads, no cookies, no logs, random proxie, own reader mode, watch YouTube videos sandboxed in the search results, apart the best in accuracy in an independent AI benchmark. I use it since 2 years as main search by default. https://andisearch.com/
It is not that difficult to prevent private and important data from being leaked. It’s not about becoming invisible, just slow browsing with TOR behind a VPN with difficulties on many web pages. We must differentiate between private data related to the person and the activity, this naturally must be hidden or spoofed as much as possible, and on the other hand technical data, necessary for the pages to be able to display the content properly (screen resolution, public IP to display the correct language, operating system, desktop or mobile, etc.). This is data that does not compromise privacy when it coincides with millions of other users. All other can be blocked with a good ad/trackerblocker and some common sense to avoid the existing traps and dirty tricks used by the compañies.
Spain here. Yes, most listened argument “I’ve nothing to hide” or “Companies already knows all about you” and similar BS. You can’t do more than warn them, explaining that online privacy is synonymous with security, if they don’t pay attention, well, Darwin approves.
Data that companies sell to others puts it outside our control, we do not know how they treat and protect it or even continue to spread over the Internet.
I don’t believe that Win10 will die, due to the huge amount of users and companies. I think that it will be the same a with Win7, which survived several years it’s announced end. There are still users which can’t even update to Win11 with a relative new computer (without tricks), not because the lack of sources, but because it’s specs don’t appear in the list made by M$ of supported specs, as in my case with a 3 years old Laptop, because my AMD Radeon 9425 don’t appears in this idiotic list, offering to buy a new PC to use Win11 🤬💩
In case that you be awaew that it is activated by default, 90% of the users are not. No advice by Apple
Vivaldi use it’s own sync server since ever, Google don’t permit Google sync for other browser than Chrome itself, it’s a degoogled Chromium and no really need of extensions, due to inbuild blocker and other tools, even Dark Mode for websites and Page Filters. It has less relations with Google than Mozilla, where your account data is shared with Alphabet (a no-go for me). But yes, it’s the only Chromium usable related to privacy. Vivaldi’s business modell isn’t based on ads or third party investors, It is the only EU Browser, apart the KDE Konqueror, on eye level to the US (Chinese) hegemony of big Companies (my Main reason to use it)
Maybe, but reverse image search with face recognition is a big risk, PimEye isn’t the only one, there are also FaceCheck, ProFace Finder and some other which are using AI, accessible for any s…normal.
Premium user?
I use Vivaldi sync e2ee (Bookmarks, Passwords, Apps, Extensions, Notes, Reader lists, Tabs, Auto complete, History) and Zen Browser as second, without account and sync, because Mozilla has turned into an advertising company, instead importing datas from Vivaldi.
Yes, if you find a workng Invidious instance it’s ok, but if not, FreeTube without SMplayer is useless.
FreeTube also is based on Invidious instances, changing the instance may work, but better to set the SMplayer as extern player, then you can open the Video in this player which works almost always.
There re a lot of free Movie channels, tolerated by YT, eg. Movie Dome (but Country restricted German, enough with an Proxie) and also some others in Spanish and English. Another possibility, outside of YT, for free movies live and on demand are Pluto TV and websites of Public TV channels. Free Movies are not a big problem in YT and online, only need to search a little. Alternatives to YT, well, maybe in near future Odysee respect content.
Searching Videos on FreeTube but watching these in the SMplayer, because FreeTube lists theVideos, but often don’t play it. SMplayer works almost always, Also possible open the Video copying the URL in it. Another possibility is searching the Video with Andisearch and watch it there in the search results sandboxed and anonym with the random proxies which use Andisearch.
Certainly there are some mistakes to fix, but anyway the EU is doing something to make a more private and better web, in the US they do way less, converging to zero. The results are there
Eg Microsoft US
vs EU
Lightyears, failures aside, they are doing something right in the EE. Because of this it’s always advisable to use preferably EU soft and services related to privacy and user rights.
Yes, you can easily block the tracking crap being downloaded to your HD and added to your browser, almost everyone do it, but you can’t blck the logging of websites which use the Google (mostly) and other APIs. They store your PC and browser data in their server, which you can’t access. The only possibility is using a VPN and other which spoof or fake your data, so that is don’t have a real value. To use a mail which permits to mask your real mail direction, because your mail is an unique identifier which can be tracked all over the web. Using Image share which delete the EXIF data (vgy.me eg., Read always PP to see with which companies are shared your data, and some protections more to patch the worst privacy holes, but forget 100% privacy in the moment you goes online, it’s only a myth to calm the people which intent to stay private with their shitty PC against the tech of the big ones.
Google is only one of a advertising and tech conglomerate, Alphabet Inc, which is the owner of Google and a lot of other companies which use your data for their and related advertisings. They control almost everything in the web.
For example
Online privacy is synonymous with security. Leaked private data, including passwords, banking and medical information, which has already occurred on multiple occasions, demonstrates this axiom.
Many of these 4598 Fakebook friends may surely be interested that your home is empty because you are on vacation in this wonderful beach hotel.