It doesn't exist. It's not accurate, and therefore completely invisible. The above pixels are blanked out and your eye does not read them. Nothing to see here, please move on.
It's about calculated risk. Any of these sites I have to take on some level of faith. Anytime I connect to a public network I could be the victim of a man-in-the-middle attack. DuckDuckGo could be a black-ops honeypot for all I know.
What I do know is I'm taking a risk using either, and it seems to me the smaller risk is with DuckDuckGo. They're frontfacing claim is relatively sound theoretically, and they're a smaller target than Google. It's more probable in my view that DuckDuckGo "does what it says on the package", but there's no certainty as you mention.
DuckDuckGo.com is now my default search engine for exactly this reason. They simply don't keep historical search records that are identifyable to me. Of course, they too would have to legally comply with any government request, but their historical data is of little use.
While I trust Google to be as secure as can be reasonable, I do *not* trust the likes of the FBI (readup on National Security Letters), or other TLAs that decide they have a bee in their crotch and want to through their legal weight around for little reason.
With NSA's warrantless wiretapping laws fully protected now, I don't trust the government to honestly care about my privacy. I trust Google to Do The Right Thing (TM), but they're hands are tied when the government wants something.
You're looking at it. Great Britain, USA, Ethiopia, China, Saudi Arabia... are there *any* countries where an internet connection can be had with complete freedom of access and no censorship?
Rome was not a democracy. It was effectively an oligarchy of rich elite, who had slaves do their bidding. Maximus was a slave with little legal option but to do the bidding of those who owned him.
When any individual in a country can rightfully choose their own path, there's hope for democracy. We are far from perfect in the United States, but we are much closer to democracy than ancient Rome or yes, even ancient Greece. If a human born in a country and legally doesn't have the right to their own personal freedom (slavery), there is no democracy. Americans, and most countries today are free from slavery of the ancient type at least. That gives me enough hope that we will have sustained democracy.
Mob rule is disastrous, because it is always possible, with four wolves and a sheep, to know the outcome of a vote on what's for dinner.
We've always had mob rule. We are a Democratic Republic, which means we vote mob rule by proxy for most large issues. We elect Presidents and Governors, Congressmen and others from the local City Council straight to the top of the nation. Just because we elect a guy to do our bidding doesn't mean the mob's out of the equation. In fact, it might actually amplify the mob's goals as we often elect those who most staunchly support the mob's wishes.
Whoever can rile enough gets the most votes, and our "representatives" slaughter the sheep for us.
What is the probability that a technically savvy member of the US Congress (Senate or Representatives) will run on a similar platform in the next Congressional Election?
Taxes on services will just shut out the small guys. The internet isn't just for commerce (or just porn), it's for a ton of other things. The principle of Net Neutrality ensures equal bandwidth for all. This tax would just require profitability, when many sites barely run even.
Not to be suspicious, but "doublecheck you password strength! Just enter your passwords below...." even from a relatively trusted source is a little tough to trust....
Andrew Wiles solved Fermat's Last Theorm with paper only, as he despised the use of computers in writing mathematical Proofs. Another famous example is Grigori Perelman who solved the Poincaré Conjecture - with hundreds and hundreds of pages of mind-numbingly dense mathematics vs computer search.
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What a glorious triumph for textual browsers. What's next, the elinks rocket? I can't wait!!
It doesn't exist. It's not accurate, and therefore completely invisible. The above pixels are blanked out and your eye does not read them. Nothing to see here, please move on.
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It's about calculated risk. Any of these sites I have to take on some level of faith. Anytime I connect to a public network I could be the victim of a man-in-the-middle attack. DuckDuckGo could be a black-ops honeypot for all I know.
What I do know is I'm taking a risk using either, and it seems to me the smaller risk is with DuckDuckGo. They're frontfacing claim is relatively sound theoretically, and they're a smaller target than Google. It's more probable in my view that DuckDuckGo "does what it says on the package", but there's no certainty as you mention.
DuckDuckGo.com is now my default search engine for exactly this reason. They simply don't keep historical search records that are identifyable to me. Of course, they too would have to legally comply with any government request, but their historical data is of little use.
While I trust Google to be as secure as can be reasonable, I do *not* trust the likes of the FBI (readup on National Security Letters), or other TLAs that decide they have a bee in their crotch and want to through their legal weight around for little reason.
With NSA's warrantless wiretapping laws fully protected now, I don't trust the government to honestly care about my privacy. I trust Google to Do The Right Thing (TM), but they're hands are tied when the government wants something.
This is ./ , what doe you expect from us you...you...Anonymouse Coward!
There are those who would prohibit by default access to all legal, consentual pornography: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/may/04/pornography-online-cameron-opt-in-plan
Sure, it's "opt-in"... until someone decides in 10 years to tighten the noose tighter.
Thank you for the proper english correction.
You're looking at it. Great Britain, USA, Ethiopia, China, Saudi Arabia... are there *any* countries where an internet connection can be had with complete freedom of access and no censorship?
Rome was not a democracy. It was effectively an oligarchy of rich elite, who had slaves do their bidding. Maximus was a slave with little legal option but to do the bidding of those who owned him.
When any individual in a country can rightfully choose their own path, there's hope for democracy. We are far from perfect in the United States, but we are much closer to democracy than ancient Rome or yes, even ancient Greece. If a human born in a country and legally doesn't have the right to their own personal freedom (slavery), there is no democracy. Americans, and most countries today are free from slavery of the ancient type at least. That gives me enough hope that we will have sustained democracy.
Or some philanthropic billionaire decides to level the playing field and help balance the money towards balanced public education on issues.
Hey, it could happen!
..and how exactly is that different than today?
We've always had mob rule. We are a Democratic Republic, which means we vote mob rule by proxy for most large issues. We elect Presidents and Governors, Congressmen and others from the local City Council straight to the top of the nation. Just because we elect a guy to do our bidding doesn't mean the mob's out of the equation. In fact, it might actually amplify the mob's goals as we often elect those who most staunchly support the mob's wishes.
Whoever can rile enough gets the most votes, and our "representatives" slaughter the sheep for us.
What is the probability that a technically savvy member of the US Congress (Senate or Representatives) will run on a similar platform in the next Congressional Election?
Thank you, good day.
Taxes on services will just shut out the small guys. The internet isn't just for commerce (or just porn), it's for a ton of other things. The principle of Net Neutrality ensures equal bandwidth for all. This tax would just require profitability, when many sites barely run even.
Excellent suggestion!
And raise you a xkcd 792
Not to be suspicious, but "doublecheck you password strength! Just enter your passwords below...." even from a relatively trusted source is a little tough to trust....
It computes!
He was a social genius... he knew how to hack human brains and make them do what he wanted.
Would somebody please tease out something a little more credible?
"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence..."
Andrew Wiles solved Fermat's Last Theorm with paper only, as he despised the use of computers in writing mathematical Proofs. Another famous example is Grigori Perelman who solved the Poincaré Conjecture - with hundreds and hundreds of pages of mind-numbingly dense mathematics vs computer search.
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