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Re:qwant France has a more permissive surveillance regime than the US[0], and as a foreign (US) user I have no recourse if they spy on me. Furthermore, here a

Re:qwant France has a more permissive surveillance regime than the US[0], and as a foreign (US) user I have no recourse if they spy on me. Furthermore, here are some quotes from qwant: >We do not use any cookies or other advertising tracers to create your profile for commercial purposes. This means that you can use Qwant with confidence, we will never try to establish your psychological or commercial profile to sell it to third parties, here or elsewhere. [1] Note the "for commercial purposes" in the first sentence, and the "to sell it to third parties" in the second. These are weasel clauses. [0] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/24/france-big-brother-surveillance-powers https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/24/france-big-bro... [1] https://betterweb.qwant.com/5-reasons-to-be-brave-and-choose-qwant/ https://betterweb.qwant.com/5-reasons-to-be-brave-and-choose...

martin_a 7y ago
> France has a more permissive surveillance regime than the US[0], and as a foreign (US) user I have no recourse if they spy on me. Hahahahaha, enough with the jokes. Comparing France to the US... Thinking you actually had some kind or chance of recourse against any of the three letter agencies. You are funny! > Note the "for commercial purposes" in the first sentence, and the "to sell it to third parties" in the second. These are weasel clauses. Could be, could not be. With Google you can be sure that they sell your data to _anybody_ that is willing to pay something for that.
- umanwizard 7y ago
  > With Google you can be sure that they sell your data to _anybody_ This is not true. There is no documented case of Google selling any user's personal data to anyone.
  - martin_a 7y ago
    Okay, fair point. Googles' business is literally selling access to all the data they have collected from you. So they are not selling your data, only the access to that data, that's right.
Freak_NL 7y ago
> more permissive That should probably read 'more pervasive'.

martin_a 7y ago

> France has a more permissive surveillance regime than the US[0], and as a foreign (US) user I have no recourse if they spy on me. Hahahahaha, enough with the jokes. Comparing France to the US... Thinking you actually had some kind or chance of recourse against any of the three letter agencies. You are funny! > Note the "for commercial purposes" in the first sentence, and the "to sell it to third parties" in the second. These are weasel clauses. Could be, could not be. With Google you can be sure that they sell your data to _anybody_ that is willing to pay something for that.

umanwizard 7y ago
> With Google you can be sure that they sell your data to _anybody_ This is not true. There is no documented case of Google selling any user's personal data to anyone.
- martin_a 7y ago
  Okay, fair point. Googles' business is literally selling access to all the data they have collected from you. So they are not selling your data, only the access to that data, that's right.

Freak_NL 7y ago

> more permissive That should probably read 'more pervasive'.