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Patriot Search: Help the government by making your search activity public

In response to government efforts to access your search history. Philipp Lenssen at Google Blogoscoped provides the Patriot Search engine, which “allows you to help governments around the world by making your search activity public.”

Hilarious.

I especially like its privacy policy:

We believe privacy policies are only of value for those who have something to hide. We further believe that only those who are engaging in criminal activity have something to hide in the first place.

In fact, your motivation to read this privacy policy seems highly suspicious to us. Rest assured you’ve just been reported to the government.


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