I have also started to use duckduckgo myself, but google is still gives more accurate search results. I hate to say this, but this is the truth. Nevertheless, I am slowly phasing google out. I also have do not track installed to block fucking google being a creepy fucking stalker it is, knowing where I go. When you use their apps, you got to "login" to either download it or use it. That's one of the reasons why I haven't installed a google app on my phone. None of their business.It maybe paranoid, but I value my privacy. It's the least I could say about most people who are okay to have their information taken away without their will or consent.
Recently, I have ran into people who are okay with the Police/NSA/Secret Service been given extra powers to snoop everything from stuff they shouldn't have access to without a warrant. They seem to be okay that the government can see their most intimate details with their partners/their secrets what they download, where they have been, their family members, because they clearly have nothing to hide...Right...I am sure you don't want any stranger knowing your secrets, or what you where you been before, or your password, or your PIN, or your real name.
People think that there won't be abuse when the secret service take our stuff but how many times have we seen stuff that's sensitive been abused? This maybe paranoia, but what X-Files says is true. Trust no 1.
The CIA especially loves to keeps telling people that it is to keep them safe, but we all know that's not the case. When has the stuff been taken without our consent/knowledge/warrant even though we haven't done anything wrong, just labels everyone a criminal i.e. potential criminal. It's a guilty until proven innocent stance. The secret service know damn well it can get away with what they do; that is why they are doing it.
If an individual were to do this, he/she would face charges, be called a traitor but it's okay for the secret service to do it, because they are keeping us safe...RIIIGHHT!!!
Be in control or at least have some control of your private information.Don't let others abuse it.