I just went to Startpage.com `The World’s Most Private Search Engine’. It looked good until I saw after the search “Enhanced by Google”.
I’m trying to get away from them. You say it’s good though?
Ublock Origin. That looks good, but will will my McAfee security tell me “A program wants to change the content on the web pages you visit’? And that’s not a problem?
Target, Starbucks, JC Penneys, Google, Ben & Jerry, the MSM.
It sure is easy for me to be a suspicious, cranky old curmudgeon these days.
I just went to Startpage.com `The World’s Most Private Search Engine’. It looked good until I saw after the search “Enhanced by Google”.
I’m trying to get away from them. You say it’s good though?
Ublock Origin. That looks good, but will will my McAfee security tell me “A program wants to change the content on the web pages you visit’? And that’s not a problem?
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Do your research. Startpage.com is safe. It is founded by Katherine Albrecht, noted privacy advocate. THEY use google to search for the term you type in. YOU and your computer have NO contact with google.
And Startpage.com does not keep your data, search term, etc. It is safe, but do your own research like I did.
Trying to avoid google is impossible. Even if one is very technically sophisticated, employs special tools and never makes a mistake, you still wind up at a site like FreeRepublic that uses google analytics.
Try this simple experiment:
Post something to FreeRepublic using a made up nonsense word like TreeGreenTurtle307.
Now go to google.com and search for that term like this:
site:freerepublic.com TreeGreenTurtle307
It will show up WORLDWIDE in minutes or even seconds.
Anything that says “Enhanced by Google” should be avoided like the plague.
Essentials are:
1. A VPN to a Free country (not any of the Five Eyes), even China.
2. TOR
If you don’t use TOR, Ublock ORIGIN is excellent.
Here’s an excellent tutorial. Requires technical knowledge or Good Old Fashioned American Git ‘R Done.
https://gist.github.com/atcuno/3425484ac5cce5298932