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Yes.  This.  Just click the App.




As long as you avoid major platforms like Windows, Apple, Android.




And can vouch for the integrity of other users.




And watch where you and the people you know live.




And avoid stupid people in large groups.




And people who aren't what they seem.  Spies and traitors, anti's and activists.




So, um, not as safe as some may think.  Don't get stupid what you say / do thinking you're protected.  




 




And ABSOLUTELY yes.  Google is watching.  Just look and see if Google Analytics isn't lurking behind just about every damn site in existence.  Google your own name.  Your usernames from different sites.  Your email addy's. (You DO use different usernames on different sites, and have separate dedicated encrypted email (protonmail dot com) for This Stuff, replying to dog ads, etc., DON'T you?).  See what anyone else can know about you.




But Google still has the best Search algorithms anywhere, esp if you don't know what you don't know, and don't know what to ask for.  As I've said elsewhere, only use it for "sensitive" searching using a dedicated Privacy Browser (not just click "private browsing").  One that by design and default blocks tracking, doesn't save history, isolates tabs and windows from each other (so sites you visit can't see what other sites you visit), has a proxy, in a remote location.     




 




@WGW:  Always appreciated.  Thx.