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I like DDG and probably 80% of the time it is fine, but at other times it is terrible beyond belief while Google is exactly on target. For instance, recently I did a search on DDG for when the first frost in my area occurs, the average date it. Startpage/Google knew exactly what I meant, DDG was com...

More Google junk: A few weeks ago Google shipped an update to Chrome that fundamentally changes the sign-in experience. From now on, every time you log into a Google property (for example, Gmail), Chrome will automatically sign the browser into your Google account for you. It’ll do this without aski...

Dweb...? as in: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/sep/08/decentralisation-next-big-step-for-the-world-wide-web-dweb-data-internet-censorship-brewster-kahle I like that idea in principle, and I hope they can get it to work right. Lots of potential problems, like it becoming just another da...

I think the only solution for Google is to be completely broken up. They can't be trusted and they are too big and too powerful: Google Inc. told lawmakers it continues to allow other companies to scan and share data from Gmail accounts, responding to questions raised on Capitol Hill about privacy a...

Somewhat related:
Protonmail is taking aim at Google
https://www.inverse.com/article/49041-p ... -interview

The technology world used to be fun and exciting because it was enthusiast-driven. Of course, it wasn't perfect (lack of standards, lack of interoperability, platform wars, etc.) but at least you didn't have corporations out for absolute control over everyone, and you certainly didn't have companie...

Even worse, Google was found to manipulate search results here in the USA especially political searches during the election. That is something I have been thinking about. No matter your party or choice of candidate--Google has the power to shift votes based upon search results to candidates that fa...

cat, maybe it is one of those things where it must get worse before it gets better. Good luck with your book. 5 years ago Google seemed like a much better company. Back then they dropped China like a hot rock. Today they have not only cozied up, they want to be Big Brother for China's leaders. This...

cat, maybe it is one of those things where it must get worse before it gets better. Good luck with your book. 5 years ago Google seemed like a much better company. Back then they dropped China like a hot rock. Today they have not only cozied up, they want to be Big Brother for China's leaders. This ...

Google built a prototype of a censored search engine for China that links users’ searches to their personal phone numbers, thus making it easier for the Chinese government to monitor people’s queries, The Intercept can reveal. https://theintercept.com/2018/09/14/google-china-prototype-links-searche...

rui no onna wrote: ⤴

Fri Sep 14, 2018 9:10 pm

Thanks. Just placed my order for the 32GB thumb drive. At most, I'll use 10GB for personal data but more likely than not, it'll be closer to 5GB. Pure text ebooks tend to be pretty small.

Let us know how it works out.

Disgust and frustration with Windows has driven many people to Linux--so there is that
Apple's overpriced software and hardware have also driven people to Linux--so again, thanks Apple

I have no sympathy for Google. They gotten more and more into grabbing all the info they can from everyone. Their latest deal with Mastercard of secretly gathering info was just too much. I've dropped Chrome and Google search for good. Be careful if you use Startpage on Chrome because Google is stil...

I've done this for ages. I just put everything on a single ext 4 partition. 32 gb is fine if you are not adding tons of files. Probably 5-6 gb after installing Mint, with over 20 gb left or updates and a few files.

this is of great interest to me personally since i also use startpage, but i have it strapped to the opensource chromium browser, not proprietory Google Chrome browser...you mentioned that you..."deleted all my Google activity"...so my question would be, do you still have a google acct. such as gma...

Question for you folks: I just went and deleted all my Google activity and was surprised to see all my Startpage searches were listed there. That kind of undoes the entire reason for using Startpage search. I'm wondering if they had that because I had searched within Chrome and they just scarf up th...

Because, you know, government workers and agencies are completely reliable, above reproach, would never accept a bribe, or otherwise possibly become corruptible or misuse such control. /s

When any government gets control of encryption that encryption is DOA--completely useless.

Will the OP need to disable Mint repositories after Mint support ends to avoid getting errors during updates?

Under advanced settings the default is for Chrome to stay on all the time, even when it's off. Untick that setting. Google is like a parasite you just can't get rid of. Can't find it. Which one is it? Under: Settings, Advanced, System, "Continue running background apps when Google Chrome is closed"

Thanks for your reply. The wifi switch, F8, doesn't do anything in Mint 19. I was able to connect to wifi and the internet and then toggle the F8 key ON and OFF using the Windows 10 OS the ThinkPad came with. I then installed Mint 19 replacing Win10. Glad it worked out. My Thinkpads are probably ol...