As of two weeks ago my locked down Firefox profile gets hit with captchas on every visit to Google search. DDG has also gone to shit with captchas and stupid low cache lifetime because I use their non-javascript site. I'm giving Bing a test run before making the leap to Kagi.
Try also Startpage, it doesn't give me any captchas even though I am a career criminal: guilty of adblocking under Firefox influence, while commiting a VPN. They also have a nice Anonymous view.
The Bureau is excellent. One of the few shows where the hacking is relatively realistic (as opposed to magic to advance the plot). The Wire is an apt comparison.
> In 2022, Vallejo landlord Curtis Lind was allegedly attacked by a group of young tenants who lived in box trucks on his property. One of the alleged assailants reportedly stabbed Lind through the chest with a samurai sword. During the attack, Lind shot two of the alleged assailants, leaving Emma Borhanian, 31, dead. Lind survived the attack but lost an eye. On Jan. 17, Lind, now 82, was stabbed to death on the same property, weeks before he could testify in the case. Oxford-educated data scientist Maximilian Snyder, 22, was charged on Tuesday with Lind’s murder.
> Youngblut allegedly pulled a gun on the agents, and the resulting shootout left Bauckholt and agent David Maland, 44, dead, and Youngblut injured. Youngblut and Bauckholt had been under surveillance by authorities in Vermont after they were seen walking around two towns in “all black tactical style clothing,” carrying firearms. They had also been seen wrapping cellphones and other items in aluminum foil bought at Walmart, the complaint states.
The article is from 2025; the OP's is from 2020. It seems the Zizians are now murdering people.
These are pretty serious privacy concerns, and underscores why the Honey extension is bad for users. However, I'd say these concerns are almost orthogonal from those raised in the original article, which listed concerns mostly to the other side of the transaction (the retailers, marketers, and YouTube influencers). So basically, it's just garbage from every direction.
I'd be interested to see whether the Federal Trade Commission sees a problem with privacy policies and disclosures varying on the same website. I think there's a case to be made that the differences in data gathering fall short of informed consent and that the unified branding for different entities constitutes deceptive advertising.
Apple is often behind. The company's modus operandi is finding ways to improve existing technologies (graphic interface, music player, mobile phone). And it can afford to be slow due to lock-in/customer loyalty.
Apple is often “behind” because it believes that generally, technological advancements are subordinate to product function and user benefit. It generally doesn’t do something just because it’s hip, cool, or trendy. it does something because it believes that something benefits the user.
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