Re: EWW with Duck-Duck-Go

Michael Heerdegen via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
<[email protected]> writes:

> Gottfried <[email protected]> writes:
>
>> Already 10 years ago the highest NATO General said on a lecture,
>> the only way to be safe is to unplug the laptop and desktop computer
>> etc from the electricity.
>>
>> So what does that mean for us?
>
> It means that you first should ask yourself the question what your goal
> is.  I assume it is not starting a war, or ask Google about starting a
> war in the most secure way?
>
> Handling privacy is always weighing what is important to you against
> effort.  That's why the solution is different for different people.
> But we don't want to discuss this here in this list.  Wrong list.
>
> But anyway, one last word: you are a German speaker.  This is one of the
> best sources covering your concerns in Germany:
>
>   https://www.kuketz-blog.de/
>
> Take some time and read a lot of stuff there to get a feeling for the
> matter.  That would be my advice.  Because there is definitely no "I
> just do this today and then I'm done once and for all" solution anyone
> could offer here.
>
> And BTW, for using a VPN you have to select a provider (a company) that
> you trust.  It is typically a kind of service you pay for.

and most of all, if your goal is privacy, don't search using eww...

It's a bit like trying to stay undetected at a business gathering while
wearing a marsupilami costume :-)

In other words, using eww singles you out in a way that no matter the
other measures you adopt, you'll still be a bright yellow spot in an
otherwise dull gray background.

HTH,
-- 
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