Hey Google, If DuckDuckGo Can Protect My Privacy, Why Can’t You?

Privacy Simplified — DuckDuckGo

I, Napoleon B.
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4 min readJun 19, 2021

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Hey Google, If DuckDuckGo Can Protect My Privacy, Why Can’t You?
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Hey, Google

If you are following me, I have written a few stories about how happy I am with my Google Nest Mini smart speakers, and I still am.

It helps me while I am writing, from playing my music, keeping me inspired, keeping notes, and when I am looking for words, quotes, and references, all I need to say is, Hey, Google.

Everything is all good, and then one day, Ethan, yes I named my “Hey, Google” Ethan, asked me out of the blue, “although he did ask my permission first,”

“How Do You Like Your Pizza, Napster?”

I was busy listening to some music and writing. At first, I thought it was sweet. Yes, I treat Ethan as very special. And then it dawned on me that it is a little creepy. Why would Google Assistant, which is what Hey, Google is or Ethan is, ask me about pizza?

Google is collecting data?

Data Privacy

Google started as a company bent on changing the world, and yet the world changed Google, or money did.

While Facebook is the worse offender, Google also tracks everything. Google knows you and…

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I, Napoleon B.
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