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Here's how Google SSL differs from default Google: http://www.google.com/support/websearch/bin/answer.py?answer...
... which confirms that Google SSL protects my privacy as much as DDG, right?
In my opinion (using my designer side) the site lacks basic design, the text is well written, and the images make it really easy to read, but its missing some eye candy. Something to do would be structure each argument as a page/slide, and make the reading more like slides or a book.
In my opinion, -quite ironic- you should have a look (copy format) from Google's 20thingsilearned [1], the book format, with the beautiful design and the animations would make the site stand out and more attractive to be read than it is now.
But dont do as them, there is a pretty good job done keeping the text short and concise but informative and clear.
If the site is kept well formatted as well as structured and 'playful' will continue to be a pleasure to read.
Good luck with the campaign, happy to help to my default search engine :)
I really dislike the style and "atmosphere" of that site. The images are seemingly unordered and could use some borders. The images of the dog biting the women or the predator disgust me. Then some "motivationals" and memes that do not help the case.
This site gave me mental stress (the left-alignment of varied sized text and images maybe, maybe the white, maybe the images) and overall broke a chunk off the good impression the DDG creator gave me so far. I'd suggest either not making such weird site or at least make it properly designed.
(When I clicked the link I expected it to be related to the http://hackademix.net/2010/12/28/x-do-not-track-support-in-n... disaster which dramatically "uniquifies" your browser fingerprint so I started with a bad feeling. Thanks for adding ad-blocking recommendations though! And even more so: Tor!)
Why not simply use https://encrypted.google.com with http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout ?
HTTP referrer header will be stripped from HTTPS to HTTP according to RFC so it solves one of the problems. Also there is a Chrome extension for Google SSL Web search: https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/lcncmkcnkcdbbanb...
Referrers are a part of the way the web has worked since before Google existed. They're a browser-level feature more than something related to specific websites. But if referrers bother you, just use the SSL version of Google to prevent referrers from being sent to http sites (or change your browser not to send referrers at all).
The corresponding sentence even for a website that strips referrers would be "When you search on domain X, and click on a link, your browser & computer info is sent to that site, which can often uniquely identify you."
Read more carefully in that light, the first sentence is really saying that third-party sites that you land on after searching or visiting a domain can track you. That's independent of whether you came from Google or any other search engine, of course.
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Be careful how you define value / cost / worth. It costs me nothing if they duplicate information I give them. It costs me something if it's used to abusively manipulate me. It pays me something if it's used to manipulate me (ie, what I see) in ways I approve of.
Does the duplication of private information reduce it's value? I think it does. If there is a transfer of value from you to a company then you can call transfer that a sort of payment. The company may sell you something in return, but I wouldn't confuse selling with paying .
Absolutely, those are entirely different. But you do seem to be defining "providing a service" as not-paying. If you go down that route, why do houses cost money? You are paying the builders for their service, but if that's not-paying, then you're just giving away huge sums of money for zero value in return. Tangibility isn't a defining line, or utility companies would be out (they don't provide water, they bring it to you. An intangible service.).
The service in these cases being fewer "enlarge your breasts/penis" ads for the wrong sex, or anything you may find offensive, replaced by ads which (ideally) would help you discover things you want which you may not have found otherwise. You're paying the ad services to be your personal product investigators, and they return value by providing relevancy.
edited to add more. I'm done now!
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HTTP referrer header will be stripped from HTTPS to HTTP according to RFC so it solves one of the problems. Also there is a Chrome extension for Google SSL Web search: https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/lcncmkcnkcdbbanb...
I don't think it blocks the header for HTTPS -> HTTPS traffic though.
The first sentence when I stripped out the pictures was "When you search Google, and click on a link, your search term is sent to that site, along with your browser & computer info, which can often uniquely identify you." Referrers are a part of the way the web has worked since before Google existed. They're a browser-level feature more than something related to specific websites. But if referrers bother you, just us…
By getting rid of that header I think we take away a lot of private context, i.e. the actual search terms that landed you on that page, which in and of themselves can provide a lot of background into what was personally going on with that person on that page.
So yes, the first sentence is all about the referrer header. And yes, it is just one piece of the privacy puzzle, but it is one that I think can certainly be solved. It is also a piece I feel the average person knows nothing about.
Here's the original post when I made the change to make searches externally anonymous: http://www.gabrielweinberg.com/blog/2010/05/duck-duck-go-sea...
"which can often uniquely identify you." "and potentially show up in unwanted places, like insurance, credit & background checks." yeah, i'm pretty sure that's not a thing that can happen. also, if you like the internet being free then you shouldn't mind seeing ads for your demographic that get a better roi and make more money for publishers of the content you don't pay for.