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"Mojeek: Search results independent of Google, Microsoft, and Yandex"

Check out this Q&A with our CEO Colin Hayhurst and independent & private browser Vivaldi on all things Mojeek: commitment to privacy, the field of search engines & exciting plans for the future.

#searchengines #privacy #browsers

https://vivaldi.com/blog/mojeek-search-results-independent-of-google-microsoft-yandex/

“Social media platforms based in the U.S. including Facebook and WhatsApp will be forced to share users’ encrypted messages with British police under a new treaty between the two countries...” #privacy https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-28/facebook-whatsapp-will-have-to-share-messages-with-u-k-police

"They have been harvesting our data on a tremendous scale and the issue of tracking in search has now gotten out of hand..."
We have partnered up with our friends at Vivaldi with a guest blog post all about the need for privacy & alternative search engines. Check it out!
https://vivaldi.com/blog/privacy-alternative-search-engine/
#privacy #searchengines

U.S. Senator Chris Coons comments: "transcripts of user voice interactions with Alexa are not deleted from all of Amazon’s servers, even after a user has deleted a recording of his or her voice. What’s more, the extent to which this data is shared with third parties, and how those third parties use and control that information, is still unclear” via TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/03/amazon-responds-to-a-u-s-senators-inquiry-confirms-alexa-voice-records-are-kept-indefinitely/ #privacy #surveillancecapitalism

"With growing concerns over online privacy and securing personal data, more people than ever are considering alternatives to Google products" https://www.techspot.com/news/80729-complete-list-alternatives-all-google-products.html #privacy #surveillancecapitalism

At Mojeek, we don't want to know a single thing about you. That's because we believe it's your right to search the web without someone looking over your shoulder. In fact, Mojeek was the first ever search engine to have a no tracking privacy policy. For the full version of the video explaining who we are and what we do, follow this link https://www.mojeek.co.uk/about/ #privacy #tech

“Google has been forced to shut down a data analysis system it was using to develop a censored search engine for China after members of the company’s privacy team raised internal complaints...” #searchengines #privacy https://theintercept.com/2018/12/17/google-china-censored-search-engine-2/