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Re:Google and Facebook are watching our every move online on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @02:38PM (#16276854)
Yahoo / Bing, Microsoft and others are just as bad. Don't get me wrong, Google and FB need to change their ways, but they aren't alone.

For example, Yahoo was caught helping the US government spy on consumers, whether they were suspect or not: http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-yahoo-em...

What's more, Yahoo is now owned by Verizon, a company known for anti-consumer practices.

We should all make some easy changes:

- Use DuckDuckGo to get Yahoo /Bing search results in privacy

- Use StartPage.com to get Google search results in privacy

- Use a privacy-friendly email service

- Either quit FB or use it only as a billboard

- Get a Linux distro and avoid Windows OS when possible

- Try LibreOffice. It rivals Office!

etc.

Re:StartPage.com and DuckDuckGo Search Privacy Featured in Search Engi... on Friday December 15, 2017 @01:26PM (#15933877)
His revelations were instrumental in driving people to seek privacy-friendly search options.
Re:DuckDuckHack is now in Maintenance Mode on Monday September 11, 2017 @06:05PM (#15222854)
Banging into Google using !G is like searching Google directly. Banging from DDG doesn't confer any privacy protections. A lot of people don't know this.
Re:DuckDuckHack is now in Maintenance Mode on Monday September 11, 2017 @06:03PM (#15222835)
Right. StartPage.com delivers Google search results in privacy. Plus, it offers a free proxy with every search result so you can visit websites through StartPage anonymously, too.
Re:Ask HN: Have you successfully moved away from Google search? on Thursday August 10, 2017 @11:55AM (#14980940)
Right, but no privacy. Better to go to StartPage.com using the !s or !sp

StartPage delivers actual Google search results without the tracking and without the filter bubble.

Re:Ask HN: Have you successfully moved away from Google search? on Thursday August 10, 2017 @11:54AM (#14980930)
Privacy alert: Banging into Google is like going there directly!

If you want Google search results in privacy, use the !s or !sp from DDG to get StartPage.com.

Re:Ask HN: Have you successfully moved away from Google search? on Thursday August 10, 2017 @11:52AM (#14980903)
Spivak Do you bang into StartPage using the !s or the !sp ?
Re:Ask HN: Have you successfully moved away from Google search? on Thursday August 10, 2017 @11:51AM (#14980897)
Hi Sir_Cmpwn. You probably know that DuckDuckGo bangs DO NOT convey any privacy protections. I know people who bang into Google from DDG thinking they are protected.

If you want to get Google results in privacy, better to bang into StartPage.com using !s or !sp -- That way you get Google results without the tracking.

Re:Ask HN: Have you successfully moved away from Google search? on Thursday August 10, 2017 @11:47AM (#14980845)
You can use StartPage.com to get Google search results in privacy. Even Edward Snowden has recommended StartPage no-logging privacy: https://www.startpage.com/eng/#home-video.

StartPage.com is also recommended by privacytools.io