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Re:“We are only collecting the list of applications you have... by mirimir on Friday May 29, 2015 @11:38PM (#9628827)
Use https://search.disconnect.me/ .

You can use Bing, DuckDuckgo, Google or Yahoo as the search engine. "We don’t collect any of your personal info, including your IP address, other than information you voluntarily provide." See https://disconnect.me/privacy .

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Re:“We are only collecting the list of applications you have... by ajays on Saturday May 30, 2015 @12:51AM (#9629039)
If too many people use this site, Google (and probably others too) will ban the IP.
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Re:“We are only collecting the list of applications you have... by FlaceBook on Saturday May 30, 2015 @02:32AM (#9629286)
I doubt it. Even if Google can't use the data they're getting from searches done via that service to target ads to specific people, they're still getting valuable data on what people search for generally.
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