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Message: [QUOTE="jimazee, post: 2851311, member: 552"] I have been using the DuckDuckGo search engine for years. It (the tool...and the company) appears to contain less hanky panky than Google and its spawn for reasons I won't touch on here. It's a complicated and shadowy area that powerful Internet companies (social media et al) are in and ever expanding to. Sometimes I still use Google related services and tools such as Google Maps or "stuff" built into Android phones etc. It is hard to avoid some of these. The vision and breadth of some services/tools/companies (including data gathering) continue to creep and envelope 'the world' of information and communication. While often is very helpful, it is also very very scary. Perhaps those who have a memory can recall when Google was basically just another primitive search engine tool. [B][I]Try "DDG" as your main search engine, you might like it. [URL='https://duckduckgo.com/']DuckDuckGo — Privacy, simplified.[/URL] [/I][/B] (BTW, it probably won't protect you from the gotcha you fell for). PS, I am disappointed that few authorities/governments/companies seem to try/be able to catch and punish some of the myriad of Internet scams and crooks...seemingly not due to be technical problems but also due to politics, jurisdictions, and priority. Be careful...think thrice any time anything is "free" and/or asks for personal info let alone cc#...but I know you folks all know that. ;) [/QUOTE]