http://technosailor.disqus.com/enMon, 17 Dec 2007 05:10:57 -0000http://technosailor.com/2007/12/12/ask-takes-your-privacy-seriously/#comment-928697504<p>Hi Aaron,<br>Browsers has many privacy controls inbuilt and is this feature is effective than the browser's inbuilt privacy features, or is this just a hype?<br>-Nish</p>NishantheMon, 17 Dec 2007 05:10:57 -0000http://technosailor.com/2007/12/12/ask-takes-your-privacy-seriously/#comment-928697505<p>Will <a href="http://Ask.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="Ask.com">Ask.com</a>'s Eraser delete search data already available at their servers?</p><p>For example, can I keep the personalization options while performing some searches and then have everything deleted when I'm done?</p><p>I'm not sure this last bit could be possible considering how many servers things are stored in, and the number of laws in place requiring data to be backed up... but it would be great.</p><p>Anyway, being able to disable features in exchange for privacy seems like a good trade-off, and it ties in nicely with Alex Rudloff's post on <a href="http://www.alexrudloff.com/2007/12/06/privacy-as-a-currency/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.alexrudloff.com/2007/12/06/privacy-as-a-currency/">Privacy as a Currency</a> and my take on it (<a href="http://technosailor.com/2007/12/07/la-privacidad-como-moneda-2/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://technosailor.com/2007/12/07/la-privacidad-como-moneda-2/">here</a>).</p>Carlos Granier-PhelpsThu, 13 Dec 2007 01:38:00 -0000