Microsoft Urging Safari Users To Use Bing

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Microsoft Urging Safari Users To Use Bing

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday September 20, 2012 @02:03PM from the you-tried-the-rest-now-try-the-best dept.

New submitter SquarePixel writes "Microsoft is urging Safari users to switch to Bing after Google was fined $22.5 million for violating Safari privacy settings. 'Microsoft is keen to make sure that no-one forgets this, let alone Safari users, and the page summarizes the events that took place.' It tells users how Google promised not to track Safari users, but tracked them without their permission and used this data to serve them advertisement. Lastly, it tells how Google was fined $22.5 million for this and suggests users to try the more privacy oriented Bing search engine."

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god I've grown old by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-20 14:09 · Score: 3, Funny

Google breaching user privacy and Microsoft advocating privacy
1. Re:god I've grown old by Black+Parrot · 2012-09-20 15:39 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Google breaching user privacy and Microsoft advocating privacy
  I have to keep a cheat-sheet to remind me who's the good guys and who's the bad guys these days.
  
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Re:Privacy? Bing? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-20 14:20 · Score: 2, Funny

Yeah, it's "fuck you peons".
Re:more privacy oriented Bing search engine by msauve · 2012-09-20 14:22 · Score: 5, Funny

They're completely altruistic. Bing doesn't want more users because it results in more profit. What do you think Microsoft is, a for-profit corporation?

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Microsoft competing with someone?! by rgbrenner · 2012-09-20 14:25 · Score: 4, Funny

Wow.. this is definitely news. A competitor of MS made a mistake, and they're attempting to gain an advantage from it.
It's like... they're competing or something.
More stories like this /.
This is groundbreaking stuff
Re:more privacy oriented Bing search engine by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-20 14:43 · Score: 3, Funny

Hey! I know Noone! How is the old rascal doing??
Tell him I said hi!
Google is more evil than Microsoft ever was by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-20 15:07 · Score: 0, Funny

Google is more evil than Microsoft ever was.
Re:more privacy oriented Bing search engine by symbolset · 2012-09-20 15:09 · Score: 4, Funny

Still lurking. Maybe today he'll show up and post something.

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Re:DuckDuckGo by symbolset · 2012-09-20 15:23 · Score: 5, Funny

Yahoo!'s boss came from Google. She's not a Google tool, but she did used to date one: Larry Page. Depending on how that ended they may she may be more open to a mutually beneficial relationship than the old boss. Or she may want to kill Google. Or maybe both, depending on the lunar calendar. Who knows? She's knocked up right now and so not as susceptible to lunacy as young owners of her gender usually are.
Oh, God am I going to get hate for this post. It's humor folks. Laugh a little. If we can't enjoy the human condition and find it funny, what have we got?

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This could be huge. by tpstigers · 2012-09-20 15:40 · Score: 4, Funny

Safari Users. We could be talking as many as 2 dozen people here.
1. Re:This could be huge. by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-20 15:59 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Converting those users would increase Bings userbase by a significant percent
Re:more privacy oriented Bing search engine by petman · 2012-09-20 20:07 · Score: 4, Funny

fucking WANKERS
I do believe that's an oxymoron.

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