Don't like search engines tracking you? Run your own!

Haven't watched the video yet, but a couple of points:

1. If you have any Google accounts (GMAIL, Google Docs, Google Drive, etc.), and you stay logged in, Google is tracking your activity as you browse the web. Always log out of your Google account when you aren't actively using their service.

2. DuckDuckGo is a search engine that doesn't track your search history: https://duckduckgo.com/

3. If you are using Firefox or Chrome browsers, you can install a couple of extensions to enhance privacy:
 
Thank zed, I am in the process of setting up my own services, I have a domain name purchased for 3 years, this looks like a nice addition.
Setting everything up now, including my private email server, DNS, etc. Dec 1 got fiber to the house install, one gig up and down. Then bye bye comcrap. net
Yes, pmbug, I am google free and have a pi blocker to keep me that way.
 
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pmbug said:
DuckDuckGo is a search engine that doesn't track your search history: https://duckduckgo.com/
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SearXNG give the search requests unique and random identifiers then uses any and all listed search engines to get a result. None of the queried engines get a handle that can be used to track your history.

I don't know that apps like gmail can actually track activity in other tabs, I am close to certain that Firefox silos each tab's activity. Chrome may be an issue but I'd only use it when there is no other choice.

Some stuff about goggles activity...

www.wired.com

All the Ways Google Tracks You—And How to Stop It

Google knows more about you than you might think. Here's how to keep it from tracking your location, web browsing, and more.
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Zed said:
It is a little nifty... Synology NAS. It does a lot of stuff. However I am a tech control freak and I think that next time I will build a FreeNAS/TrueNAS box. I keep running into little issues that I'd like more control over.
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I'll take your pixels for it
 
Zed said:
I don't know that apps like gmail can actually track activity in other tabs ...
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When you are logged in, you have an active cookie that connects your IP (and possibly other identifiers like your device and browser) to your Google account. When you browse the web and open a page that is using Google Analytics, Google AdSense or some other Google product (CDN content or whatever), they track the traffic requests from your machine (IP, device, browser, etc.) for the service they are providing to the page you are visiting. It doesn't take much to cross reference the databases.
 
pmbug said:
When you are logged in, you have an active cookie that connects your IP (and possibly other identifiers like your device and browser) to your Google account. When you browse the web and open a page that is using Google Analytics, Google AdSense or some other Google product (CDN content or whatever), they track the traffic requests from your machine (IP, device, browser, etc.) for the service they are providing to the page you are visiting. It doesn't take much to cross reference the databases.
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Oh yeah... no, I run Pi-Hole as a DNS. AdSense gets nuthin.
 
I am considering long term in moving to packet radio.
 
What email service do folks use? I've heard proton mail is end2end encrypted...

But I've also heard that encryption is a fantasy re FBI backdoors....?
 
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