Adding a phone number to your Google account can make it less secure

Re:Adding a phone number to your Google account can make it ... by fghgfdfg on Friday October 21, 2016 @05:05AM (#12759106)

I've had terrible experiences with duckduckgo. I really want to switch, but I've never been able to justify the costs. Every now and then I give it a shot but the results from DuckDuckGo just aren't there. Sometimes they aren't even in the ballpark of what I'm looking for, while Google nails it - what I want specifically is in the top 3, and the whole rest of the first page is related.

I don't know if this is because Google and DuckDuckGo require different phrasing of terms to do well and I'm just highly adapted to Google, or if it's something I can't help.

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Re:Adding a phone number to your Google account can make it ... by Accacin on Friday October 21, 2016 @06:07AM (#12759264)

Just use !g, it's not perfect but it's fast.

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Re:Adding a phone number to your Google account can make it ... by smeroth on Friday October 21, 2016 @04:14PM (#12764248)

Doesn't that just redirect you to Google's search results (encrypted.google.com), and thus makes the point of using DuckDuckGo in the first place unnecessary?

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Re:Adding a phone number to your Google account can make it ... by morganvachon on Friday October 21, 2016 @06:39AM (#12759356)

Try startpage.com, it searches Google anonymously so Google can't build a profile about you and place you in a search bubble.

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Re:Adding a phone number to your Google account can make it ... by yc-kraln on Friday October 21, 2016 @06:03AM (#12759250)

I'd suggest trying Qwant as well. Just remember, the way Google can give such good results is that they mine your life.

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