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rpearl ◴[] No.5877943[source]
...and you trust Chrome? Not even Chromium, but... Chrome. Google makes Chrome, you know.
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1. comex ◴[] No.5878968[source]
Yes, I trust that Google has not shipped a binary modification to their open source software to track search terms, which would be (a) illegal, (b) easily detectable enough that someone would notice it eventually, and (c) pointless, since they're already getting the vast majority of users' search terms legitimately. Then again, I work for them, but I would have said the same thing a month ago...
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2. ta223 ◴[] No.5880462[source]
Agreed. I just searched "PRISM" on DDG, and 8 out of top 10 results had some element loaded from a Google server (GA, fonts, jquery, search box, embedded youtube, etc.) Are you using Google's DNS server? Google owns the web. Face it.
3. MisterWebz ◴[] No.5880840[source]
How would it be easily detectable?