>Myspace still exists? Facebook doesn't have nearly the tracking reach of Google. No email, no phones, no search, no doubleclick, no email scanning. But with Home, Facebook will be tracking you...but again, it's Android only, so you get the double whammy there. Microsoft does not scan emails and has stated that. But I don't use Microsoft for my emails much either. IE10 has Do Not Track turned ON by default, the only browser to do so.
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Which is only a preference setting that gets passed - it doesn't actually block anything.

IE 10′s ‘Do-Not-Track’ Default Dies Quick Death
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/06/default-do-not-track/

Privacy experts criticize moves to sidestep IE10's default Do Not Track settings
Apache, Yahoo overriding tracking settings -- off by default -- in Microsoft's new Internet Explorer browser
http://www.csoonline.com/article/720479/privacy-experts-criticize-moves-to-sidestep-ie10-s-default-do-not-track-settings

Has something changed since then?

There was this, but it doesn't change the way it works or the policy - it is just a claim on not using it for advertising.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/23/technology/microsoft-tightens-personal-data-rules.html



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>>Hmmm...well I have to say that I DO understand your point of view on this - however ..if Google is not a technology company then what the heck is it? Sure seems like one to me.
>>As far as the privacy concerns go - there is more things in Chrome to ensure your privacy than in IE10 - hence these extensions I've been talking about. If you don't want your browsing history attached to you - then when you fireup chrome - uhhh don't log into your google account to sync all that stuff.
>>Regarding the email scanning - yes they do indeed do that - as matter of fact they've done it since gmail was created. Thing is though - I personally don't think with the trillion or so emails going though their servers everyday that they're too interested in mine...and if they use it to generate some ads for me (which I will have blocked of course), frankly I could care less. It's the wave of the future - our digital footprints. I find it interesting that you seem to trust Microsoft, but not Google. And I assume you don't use myspace, facebook, or any other social media gizmo's for the same reason?