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(DIR) Post #9r3eBx26KGCEKneRuq by ParadeGrotesque@mastodon.sdf.org
2020-01-16T11:48:14Z
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Looking at SearchEncrypt.com I discover the following:"These [services are] offered to you by Eightpoint Technologies Ltd."Uh? 🤔 Taking a look at "eightpoint.ky":"Eightpoint Technologies Ltd. was founded in 2016 and is located in George Town, Grand Cayman."OK... 🤔 "Eightpoint Technologies Ltd. SEZC is a subsidiary of Genimous Technology, a leading publicly traded Chinese internet technology company on the Shenzhen exchange."Wait, WHAT? 😱
(DIR) Post #9r3eciHNHtA8OaYZY8 by ParadeGrotesque@mastodon.sdf.org
2020-01-16T11:53:03Z
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So we have a Grand Cayman company which is a subsidiary of Genimous, a Chinese technology, which is ... (Quick internet search)... Building search hijacking technology. 😱 Read all about it here, sorry for the Medium link: https://medium.com/against-surveillance-capitalism/how-a-chinese-company-built-a-250-million-search-hijacking-empire-35f957566852So, thanks but no thanks SearchEncrypt, I'll stick to StartPage.com and Duck Duck Go.
(DIR) Post #9r3eiuIjVGPnQ094ym by dick_turpin@mastodon.org.uk
2020-01-16T11:54:15Z
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@ParadeGrotesque LOL
(DIR) Post #9r3fJJiIUwvyesSrg0 by ParadeGrotesque@mastodon.sdf.org
2020-01-16T12:00:46Z
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The moral of the story? Sometimes, it pays to just go through the terms of services and do a couple of searches...
(DIR) Post #9r3iXR4cELoDOxKNUG by chakuari@mastodon.bida.im
2020-01-16T12:36:56Z
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@ParadeGrotesque ...
(DIR) Post #9r6489sfbNeK9D0oEa by ailurocrat@scicomm.xyz
2020-01-17T15:48:21Z
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@ParadeGrotesque startpage is now owned by an advertising agency, so... https://www.ghacks.net/2019/11/16/startpage-search-owner-changes-raise-serious-questions/
(DIR) Post #9r64pPvvnJr6NzAHfk by ParadeGrotesque@mastodon.sdf.org
2020-01-17T15:56:07Z
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@ailurocrat Yup. Very unhappy about that. I am investigating stuff like searx and others to get rid of these.