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Threat actors are exploiting adtech companies to distribute malware and run malicious campaigns.
This is one of the many reasons why all Kagi products are built without ads or trackers.
https://cybersecuritynews.com/threat-actors-abuse-adtech-companies/
Threat actors are exploiting adtech companies to distribute malware and run malicious campaigns.
This is one of the many reasons why all Kagi products are built without ads or trackers.
https://cybersecuritynews.com/threat-actors-abuse-adtech-companies/
Does anyone have an example (blog post?) of how to use #Apple#Safari#contentFilters to block search ad clicks?
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/networkextension/content-filter-providers
(I'm able to block them using enterprise config files in Firefox and Chrome, but I don't have a link to do it in Safari https://blog.zgp.org/search-malvertising-protection-using-enterprise-policies/ )
Does anyone have an example (blog post?) of how to use #Apple#Safari#contentFilters to block search ad clicks?
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/networkextension/content-filter-providers
(I'm able to block them using enterprise config files in Firefox and Chrome, but I don't have a link to do it in Safari https://blog.zgp.org/search-malvertising-protection-using-enterprise-policies/ )
Update: test complete! Thank you all for helping 🩷
This was a test of content warning mechanics.
Findings:
- The search tab trending system excludes posts with content warnings from trending.
- Posting, and then editing to add a CW, also stops a post from trending.
- Removing the CW later will make the post eligible for trending again.
Note: I did not test if adding a CW would remove an already trending post from the trending list.
Thoughts: The way trending formula interacts with content warnings actively discourages accessibility by creating a situation where reach and accessibility considerations are at odds.
Imo, this is one of the best features of @Mojeek - Focus search.
https://mastodon.social/@Mojeek/115145042132331384
#searchEngines #mojeek #search#internet #technology#deGoogle
A judge in the US antitrust case against Google ruled that the company does not have to spin off its Chrome web browser or Android operating system. And it can pay to have Google services preinstalled on iPhones and other products, but cannot insist on exclusivity. Google will also have to share some search data with competitors. #Google#Antitrust#Chrome#Search#Androidhttps://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/02/google-antitrust-search-ruling.html
Neat review of Kagi on a beautiful blog:
https://tam--lin.tumblr.com/post/792801385787817984/like-many-people-ive-been-deeply-peeved-by-the
Neat review of Kagi on a beautiful blog:
https://tam--lin.tumblr.com/post/792801385787817984/like-many-people-ive-been-deeply-peeved-by-the
We've all seen Google's AI overviews in our search results (or at least those of us using Google). You'll also have seen the reported decline in click-throughs this has prompted as for many searchers, people find the AI overview sufficient for their needs.
Content providers of all sorts) are seeing a decline in traffic to their websites, as Google (essentially) centralises the provision of information....
The Q. is: what can be done to counter this diversion of internet traffic?
... the funny thing is, I know enough about how the search core is built to make an educated guess at how this happened.
Search core farms the query out to (possibly dozens of) completely independent software engines to answer the query. Those engines have their own backing datastores and they don't synchronize to each other; it's necessary they don't to make search fast. So it's entirely possible that the Top Stories core is pulling data that is more recent while the AI Overview core has built its information off of an older search result cache (and possibly hot-cached this answer before the NYT confirmed the death when the news broke locally / on social media). Google, as an institution, leans on the tradeoff "eventual consistency is good enough," so this kind of bug is seen as a predictable side-effect of the chosen tradeoffs.
Does that make us feel better?
No, nor should it. Get your shit together, Google.
How can an alternative to Google & Co. be created? With your own open web index, such as the one developed in the @openwebsearcheu research project. @Golemde asked project manager Michael Granitzer from the University of Passau and coordinator Stefan Vogt from the @osf how the open web index OWI can now become a #European #search engine. Exciting – because we all want to emancipate ourselves from #USA #serviceshttps://besserwissen.podigee.io/136-openwebsearch (in German).
How can an alternative to Google & Co. be created? With your own open web index, such as the one developed in the @openwebsearcheu research project. @Golemde asked project manager Michael Granitzer from the University of Passau and coordinator Stefan Vogt from the @osf how the open web index OWI can now become a #European #search engine. Exciting – because we all want to emancipate ourselves from #USA #serviceshttps://besserwissen.podigee.io/136-openwebsearch (in German).
Alternatives to Big Tech/Big Data:
Windows, Apple, Google -> Linux (Debian, Fedora, Mint, Arch...)
Microsoft Office -> LibreOffice (Only Office would also work, but the founders are Russian, who knows...)
Google Android, Apple iOS -> Pixel with GrapheneOS, Fairphone 6 with /e/OS, Brax 3 with iode OS/Ubuntu Touch
OneDrive, Google Drive, iCloud, Dropbox, etc. -> Nextcloud, MEGA, pCloud, Proton Drive
Outlook, Gmail, etc. -> Proton Mail, Tutanota
Airdrop, Link to Windows -> Localsend, KDE Connect
WhatsApp, Telegram, iMessage -> Signal, Element, Threema
Google Search -> Ecosia, Qwant, Startpage, Duckduckgo
YouTube -> Peertube, or as an anonymous YT client: Freetube and Newpipe
Instagram -> Pixelfed
Facebook, X (Twitter) -> Mastodon, possibly Bluesky
Truly secure and anonymous VPN: Mullvad!
This is just a first overview of the most important alternatives for switching. Feel free to continue if needed!
#linux #opensource #freesoftware #windows #endof10 #bigdata #bigtech #surveillance #office #microsoft #google #apple #vpn #mastodon #cloud #grapheneos #iode #ubuntutouch #brax3 #pixel#murena #fairphone #youtube #search
Staan¹ (Search Trusted API Access Network) is a joint venture between @ecosia and @Qwant:
> We’ve started delivering search results from our new European-based search index to #ecosia users! This will help us build the kind of ethical and fair Internet we believe in.
https://blog.ecosia.org/launching-our-european-search-index/
Staan¹ (Search Trusted API Access Network) is a joint venture between @ecosia and @Qwant:
> We’ve started delivering search results from our new European-based search index to #ecosia users! This will help us build the kind of ethical and fair Internet we believe in.
https://blog.ecosia.org/launching-our-european-search-index/
Catch our CEO Vlad on the latest Intelligent Machines episode on @TWiT with @leo, @jeffjarvis & Paris Martineau, where he shares how Kagi is building a better web with search, Orion and our other products:
Catch our CEO Vlad on the latest Intelligent Machines episode on @TWiT with @leo, @jeffjarvis & Paris Martineau, where he shares how Kagi is building a better web with search, Orion and our other products:
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