SwissCows is my default but use Yandex for translation needs and do searches on Qwant and Yandex if my search contains swear words or something else flagged by SwissCows.
As an example of what I mean, this is what happens if you search for "boobs" on SwissCows-
No results found for "boobs"
Dear user,
search results for the query "boobs" may contain violence and pornographie.
Since we have decided on the protection of minors, the search for this query is disabled.
Thank you very much for your understanding!
Searches for Fuck Joe Biden used to be blocked by SwissCows, but I just checked and they're working now.
Your search query is not only secure, but also anonymized. The search query runs through “premise servers” that are owned and managed by Startpage where: 1) servers are located in locked cabinets, 2) data personnel can’t log in and 3) only non-US Startpage administrators manage the servers to prevent any potential gag orders. It’s at this stage where we remove all identifying information from your search including your IP address. This means Google only ever sees Startpage, not the individual user.
Leave it to Startpage & Google:
Consider Startpage your middleman. Any search query you make gets sent to a cloud server that doesn’t know you and communicates with Google. Search results are then returned to “premise servers” that are locked in cabinets, rather than going directly to your browser. This middle step better protects you by hiding you behind this privacy wall. We partner with Google because they have the industry’s best search technology compared to Yahoo or BING (which are widely used by other private search engines).
duck duck GONE
yeah i've actually been using Qwant for some time, myself. I recently had finally convinced my parents to try duckduckgo instead of google....
Isnt it weird how difficult it is to get people to use something other than google?
Not when you consider that using other search engines is like using a stapler to pound in nails, while Google is the hammer.
yeah and chances are that as soon as i left they reverted back to the old way...sigh
I’m a 100% complete technomoronica.
How do I change my search engine on my phone? When I go to the settings it only gives me four choices, google, bing, yahoo and ddg.
I use https://swisscows.com , https://qwant.com and https://yandex.com
SwissCows is my default but use Yandex for translation needs and do searches on Qwant and Yandex if my search contains swear words or something else flagged by SwissCows.
As an example of what I mean, this is what happens if you search for "boobs" on SwissCows-
Searches for Fuck Joe Biden used to be blocked by SwissCows, but I just checked and they're working now.
https://swisscows.com/web?query=Fuck%20Joe%20Biden
I was just going to ask an alternative search engine! So, ThanQ fren!
Start Page uses Google's engine.
Your search query is not only secure, but also anonymized. The search query runs through “premise servers” that are owned and managed by Startpage where: 1) servers are located in locked cabinets, 2) data personnel can’t log in and 3) only non-US Startpage administrators manage the servers to prevent any potential gag orders. It’s at this stage where we remove all identifying information from your search including your IP address. This means Google only ever sees Startpage, not the individual user.
Consider Startpage your middleman. Any search query you make gets sent to a cloud server that doesn’t know you and communicates with Google. Search results are then returned to “premise servers” that are locked in cabinets, rather than going directly to your browser. This middle step better protects you by hiding you behind this privacy wall. We partner with Google because they have the industry’s best search technology compared to Yahoo or BING (which are widely used by other private search engines).
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