I am aware of the myriad vectors for data collection that are permeating every means of interpersonal communications, and also that I am incapable of fully characterizing all of it. I've been working to counter such operations since the 1970s.

"Google & facebook wasn't created by the CIA they are just taken over by them..."

This is false. Fakebook began in a dorm room, but was quickly absorbed by covert means while Myspace was crushed to divert users to Fakebook, and has been a deep state tool since then. Goolag was directly funded and implemented by dark government funded mechanisms, and Eric Schmidt was put in place to coordinate those interests.

I have perhaps miscommunicated regarding links. Links, even to your blog and products are only inappropriate when not directly regarding the discussion, as the Chrome plugin was not. Links regarding information that substantively informs discussion are not only desirable, but necessary.

It's not links I object to, but the hijacking of my blog for advertising purposes.

I also use duckduckgo. I'm not entirely confident it isn't also coopted, but I've no evidence it is, so it's a better option than alternatives I know to be nothing more than arms of hostile actors that share their data, such as Goolag, Twatter, and Fakebook.

I know that HIPAA data is compromised. It's been used against me by thugs during personal interactions.

I don't just complain about our being preyed upon by bad actors on a global scale, I act comprehensively as I can to counteract it. I haven't had a bank account for almost a decade, amongst other things. Do consider how this might impact your personal operations, and the level of interest and dedication to opposing such agencies I have undertaken that is demonstrable by that fact.

Only in 2016 did I come out of the woods, where I lived, to join a community in a village. I devote far more time and effort to comprehend and seek ways to counter global totalitarianism and banksters than I do earning personal income. I may not lead the fight against tyranny, but I am in it.

Rather than crafting plugins that integrate Steemit with Goolag, perhaps working towards mesh network implementations might spend your own efforts in a constructive program preserving such liberty as we retain, and obviate the data collection mechanisms and censorship vectors that are decimating our front lines in the war on freedom.

Just a thought.