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Linux & Android => Security and Privacy => Topic started by: Jason on August 10, 2022, 11:35:33 PM

Title: Three search engines that don’t track you (Vivaldi browser team)
Post by: Jason on August 10, 2022, 11:35:33 PM
The creators of the Vivaldi browser suggest 3 privacy-oriented browsers. I use Ecosia all the time. It gets its search results from Bing but is anonymized. And it plants trees to fight climate change so everyone should use it, especially Fox. :) I don't always use Ecosia as certain searches require Google but Ecosia has an two-click dropdown to use another browser if the results aren't satisfactory.

https://vivaldi.com/blog/search-engines-that-dont-track/

Does anyone use one of these search engines or any search engine besides Google partly or most of the time? Which one(s) do you use?
Title: Re: Three search engines that don’t track you (Vivaldi browser team)
Post by: ssfc72 on August 11, 2022, 06:47:48 AM
I use the Startpage search engine.  It uses the Google search engine but is suppose to anonymize your searches.

Startpage also has a feature called Anonymous View, which provides even more privacy when you go to a website listed in the search results. In the serach results listing, there is a small icon, to the left of the listing. You click on that icon and it takes you to the website anonymously.
https://www.startpage.com/en/anonymous-view/
Title: Re: Three search engines that don’t track you (Vivaldi browser team)
Post by: Jason on August 13, 2022, 03:35:14 AM
That's cool. I remember that somebody else in the LUG uses Startpage, too. I checked using Privacy Badger and it doesn't appear to have any trackers. Nice.