[Chester LUG] You've heard about the Google thing..

[Les Pritchard]

True, I've not found any offering that matches it - especially for my
non-business email.

There are loads of companies out there offering business email
services, but then I come back to wondering how safe my data would be
with them. Is it better to be a needle in a very large haystack?! I'd
be interested to hear if you manage to find out any more about their
business services. I'm sure most companies wouldn't be impressed if
they knew their users were being tracked.

Les

On 26 January 2012 15:04, Stuart Burns <stuart.james.burns at gmail.com> wrote:
> well that was going to be my next question. Finding a gmail alternative. I
> mean I don't want to start doing my own mailserver etc, and I could cope
> with the ads, if I trusted that they didn't keep the profiled data (not that
> I have anything to hide, but it's the principle) i'd happily use it.
>
> Thing is, gmail and it's interface and integration are good. The two factor
> authentication is the icing on the cake. I am thinking about upgrading to
> the business service IF they don't collect or track. Can't really find a
> straight answer to that one.
>
>
>
> On 26 January 2012 15:00, Les Pritchard <les.pritchard at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Interesting stuff, the whole search engine world seemed to go very
>> quiet for a while - like everyone had given up and let Google get on
>> with it.
>>
>> The trouble with all of these is scaling and that's where Google got
>> it bang on. They've now got to such a size that all these other sites
>> feel so slow - even if we're just talking seconds!
>>
>> It's really good to have some more competition in this area though and
>> I'll have a good play. I do find it funny that this slightly
>> anti-Google conversation has included three Gmail users, I'm sure
>> they're watching us :-p
>>
>> Les
>>
>> On 26 January 2012 14:27, Ben Arnold <BenArnold at fsfe.org> wrote:
>> > Highly recommended, I've had it as my default for months as the search
>> > box
>> > in my Opera no longer has a Google entry :)
>> >
>> > I believe this is (to become) the default in Linux Mint n+1, probably
>> > just
>> > Firefox but I imagine they could do it for all the browsers they
>> > package.
>> > The bang search terms are ridiculously useful, "!github <search>" etc.,
>> > though "!google <search terms>" not so much...
>> >
>> >
>> > I've also come across Seeks, http://www.seeks-project.info/ and search
>> > with
>> > thier instance https://www.seeks-project.info/search.php, which I think
>> > that, as a decentralised service, aims to group users that search for
>> > similar terms so they can provide useful results for that group. Sort of
>> > like voting up, but not for individual searches. Yes, I'm still
>> > confused.
>> >
>> >
>> > Until later,
>> > Ben
>> >
>> >
>> > On 26 January 2012 12:52, Stuart Burns <stuart.james.burns at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I found out about a new search engine and have been using it for a week
>> >> or
>> >> so. Google like it used to be, without annoying ads, tracking, and
>> >> asking do
>> >> I want to upload to + etc. It also, most importantly has good privacy,
>> >> and
>> >> all sorts of customisable options, to include fully secure search, no
>> >> search
>> >> term passing etc.
>> >>
>> >> www.duckduckgo.com
>> >>
>> >> It's clean, it's simple, it's relevant and quick.
>> >>
>> >> Also it has some geeky toys http://duckduckgo.com/goodies.html
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Ben Arnold
>> > Chester, UK
>> >
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