Re:Scroogle, Privacy-First Search Engine, Shuts Down for Good
by tagawa on Tuesday February 21, 2012 @09:59PM
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Android phones: F-Droid ( http://fdroid.org/ ) is a great resource for FOSS applications, all installable without going through the Android market. The F-Droid app can download updates for you.
GMail: You seriously can't think of a non-GMail email service? (cough http://fastmail.fm )
DoubleClick: Ghostery ( http://www.ghostery.com/ ) has extensions for all major desktop browsers and iOS.
Yes, there are several other services. Yes, it's difficult to find alternatives to them, but it's not impossible. And if you really can't, you can build it yourself. And if you're not keen/able, let the HN community know - they love a gap in the market.
You sir, are an astroturfer.
Scroogle was a proxy, that is all it was. Scroogle performed nothing more than many other firewalls, content filters and proxies, including TOR, do by default.
>If you disagree with Google, don't use their services
And how exactly do you do that when all Android phones, gmail, doubleclick, and several dozen other services you don't even know you use send your information to Google?
Where is the EFF when you need them?