On Sat, 30 Jul 2011 17:18:53 -0400, corvid <corvid@lavabit.com> wrote:
Staying away from the google monster when reasonably possible seems most consistent with the Dillo project's objectives.
(To be fair, on one hand, the duckduckgo guy talks, in the context of that project, a lot about privacy and such, but when I've read about what he's been up to in general, he sounds kind of rah-rah-hacker-news-let's-sell- a-start-up-to-a-huge-company-and-be-rich, like he knows the talk to talk.)
You might consider Scroogle (http://www.scroogle.org), which doesn't filter results and isn't a buzzword-savvy startup. As an added bonus, it uses simple HTML code that renders quite nicely in Dillo. :-) Frankly, though, I think a lot of it is just paranoia. Google does push the boundaries of what's acceptable from time to time, and I maintain a healthy skepticism, but I don't outright distrust them. Anyway, at least they're established, unlike duckduckgo: as the saying goes, you don't trade the devil you know for the devil you don't know. ~Benjamin