http://www.scroogled.com/

Came across that site today, while the links and stuff work, did MS really do it? Not bothered if they did I still like them / google, it just seems poorly designed (well on the main page it did), MS aren't really ones for bad quality but that website looks kindda shit (on the first page) haha

Did MS really do it? Seems kindda bold

As for privacy, honestly I started using the internet since I was a kid with a "what you post gets seen by all" rule, so privacy drama generally doesn't bother me but I can understand why it would annoy everyone else. I say this as someone who doesn't have a facebook / twitter

So many people think they have privacy when they use technology.

Let's make it clear:

YOU HAVE NO PRIVACY ONLINE.

Clear enough?

In many countries, including the United States, when something is online and stored on a server the end user has no "reasonable expectation of privacy". Even if the company has a privacy policy, even if the company says they don't share their data with anyone, YOU HAVE NO REASONABLE EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY.

This applies to all areas of technology.

In recent and related news, courts have found that you have no reasonable expectation of privacy even on data stored on your own devices simply because it goes through the electronic tubes.

The fact that Google and other companies are sharing the information is not really news. That is SOP for all companies and governments.

Just checked MSDN seems like this is legit, funny results tbh, I expected hate a rage for google seeing how facebook piracy results in floods of angry comments but most people actually supported their information and e-mails being read.

Double standards :(

it's kinda simple,just don't use google.No one is forcing you to.

So Google collects personal info and shares it with other parties. Big news, that's been Googles business model ever since.

You can't trust Google. Again, big news. You can't trust Microsoft or Apple either. But the real question is: "What makes you think you could possibly trust any such company? Or why would you want to, anyway?".

Companies want to make money, them gaining money means you losing money. Their interest is therefore inherently antipodal to yours. There are two ways of making money, directly (you buy something from them) or indirectly (by advertising, selling personal info, etc). If there can be anything like "trust", it can only ever occur in the first case.

You can trust that if you pay for a product, you will get it delivered, too (wait, did someone say "Kindle"?). If you think you can trust them in any other way, you're just being naive.

I think the ad campaign feels very amatuerish. I did laugh at 'scroogled' as a word, but the ads came off either amatuerish or alarmist rather than a more moderate, "hey we invade your privacy slightly less" vibe.

LOL - They don't know who I am.

...

Unless they think my real name is "Ano Neemus".

I will admit to being a google fanboy to some extent (so far as I'd rather buy a google backed product than an apple or microsoft one in general), so take my comments as you will. But the whole scroogled campaign really does seem kinda amateurish I think is a good word as mentioned further up. It kinda strikes me as a politician getting up there and saying what a liar the other guy is... Well yeah, we all know he is, but you are too, so what's your point?

I will admit to being a google fanboy to some extent (so far as I'd rather buy a google backed product than an apple or microsoft one in general), so take my comments as you will. But the whole scroogled campaign really does seem kinda amateurish I think is a good word as mentioned further up. It kinda strikes me as a politician getting up there and saying what a liar the other guy is... Well yeah, we all know he is, but you are too, so what's your point?

I got the political feel too, but as someone who likes and understands politics this could work to MS advantage. In one sense I think "that is a pretty bold move" but then on the other I think "that is a nice original / political hit".

The media has a massive influence on people, and something like this would likely have a big effect.

Scroogled has been around for years - it used to be an ugly little front-end to google, that would route your search terms are results though a bunch of its own servers so that google couldn't build up a profile on you, but you could still use their great service.

It seems someone in MS advertising decided to buy them out and turn it into an ad for Bing...

I believe the name was made up by Cory Doctorow:
http://craphound.com/scroogled.html