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July 28, 2008

Cuil: It Doesn't Work; But It Has a Nice Privacy Policy

You may have heard about Cuil. It's a "Google killer" that launched today to a blaze of hype and promptly crashed a few times.

When it is working you get interesting results like this (when vanity searching myself)...

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Hey! I'm a Giants fan. Not a Braves fan. (And there is a far more popular Sean Garrett out there who happens to be a hip hop songwriter).

Anyway, we've discussed the meme "privacy as a competitive weapon" on these pages and Cuil apparently agrees. Its privacy policy:

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You can compare this to other search services here.

Posted by The 463: Inside Tech Policy at 01:40 PM |

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