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Alright, this is strange and a little disconcerting, not about this place but just in general. On my PC I had switched my search in Chrome to Duck Duck Go. All of a sudden I couldn't see Tweets on the Planet. Disablebled it and I can see them again. WTF is going on?
 
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johnlocke said:
Alright, this is strange and a little disconcerting, not about this place but just in general. On my PC I had switched my search in Chrome to Duck Duck Go. All of a sudden I couldn't see Tweets on the Planet. Disablebled it and I can see them again. WTF is going on?
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That is weird. I use DDG exclusively with no issues seeing other peoples posted tweets.
 
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I don't use Chrome so not much help. But along the privacy topic, I use Safari and Firefox as they build in protection from tracking your activity. Chrome most assuredly does not.
 
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that is fricking horrifying!
i don't have anything like that, or alexa. never will. hell, some washing machines communicate online now for..."troubleshooting".
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I truly think a huge majority of people are transfixed by shiny new technology and pay zero attention to the security and privacy aspects.

It is somewhat ironic that a device peddled as a security solution is actually anything but secure.
 
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johnlocke said:
Alright, this is strange and a little disconcerting, not about this place but just in general. On my PC I had switched my search in Chrome to Duck Duck Go. All of a sudden I couldn't see Tweets on the Planet. Disablebled it and I can see them again. WTF is going on?
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I run DDG using Firefox & noticed the same thing about reading posted Tweets [but not every Tweet does not initially view]...

I just refresh the page & the Tweet appears [when not initially viewable]

I blame Jack Dorsey's Commie-Hillbilly beard & asshole-ish nose ring :coffee:
 
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