![]() ![]() Speaking of collecting user data, another popular tool I used since my early days of Linux came to question: Firefox. Still, Startpage is a for-profit company that is partially owned by System1, which is an American marketing company that, from what I can tell, makes money from… users' data. Besides the Google “fluff” (those little blurb of information on the right side of your search results, which can be useful, but are usually also paid-for placements that track you), they seem identical. I compared search results between Startpage and Google. ![]() Based in the Netherlands, the company says it strips all user identifiable data and uses a proxy before reaching out to Google. The idea behind Startpage is to utilize Google without leaving a footprint. In the case of Google, there’s Startpage. There are noticeable exceptions, of course, and new ones keep appearing, but usually there’s a point where you have to swallow your pride and sneak your way through the back door. As a privacy-conscious person, I know I often shoot myself in the leg when I choose less popular options. ![]() I was fine with it, but now I felt it was time to explore my options.Ĭreepy tracking practices aside, Google is still a superior search engine. Most recently, I discovered DuckDuckGo removed pirate sites from its search results 1.ĭuckDuckGo became my default search engine soon after I switched to Linux full-time, and with it, Firefox (more on this coming up below). Then, at some point, I learned that DuckDuckGo’s search results are mostly coming from Bing. I’ve discovered a few interesting things.įirst it was down-ranking Russian misinformation. What started out as annoyance with DuckDuckGo developed into re-evaluating my privacy habits browsing the web. Startpage, LibreWolf, and the meaning of privacy ![]()
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