I’ve been using IXquick

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Ixquick is very good.  I recommend it as well.

DuckDuckGo, IXQuick and Startpage for the win.

I just can’t sever my umbilical to Google yet.

No PRISM. No Surveillance. No Government Back Doors. You Have our Word on it.
Giant US government Internet spying scandal revealed

The Washington Post and The Guardian have revealed a US government mass Internet surveillance program code-named "PRISM". They report that the NSA and the FBI have been tapping directly into the servers of nine US service providers, including Facebook, Microsoft, Google, Apple, Yahoo, YouTube, AOL and Skype, and began this surveillance program at least seven years ago.

These revelations are shaking up an international debate.

Ixquick has always been very outspoken when it comes to protecting people’s Privacy and civil liberties. So it won’t surprise you that we are a strong opponent of overreaching, unaccountable spy programs like PRISM. In the past, even government surveillance programs that were begun with good intentions have become tools for abuse, for example tracking civil rights and anti-war protesters.

Programs like PRISM undermine our Privacy, disrupt faith in governments, and are a danger to the free Internet.

Ixquick and its sister search engine StartPage have in their 14-year history never provided a single byte of user data to the US government, or any other government or agency. Not under PRISM, nor under any other program in the US, nor under any program anywhere in the world.

Here’s how we are different:
Ixquick does not store any user data. We make this perfectly clear to everyone, including any governmental agencies. We do not record the IP addresses of our users and we don’t use tracking cookies, so there is literally no data about you on our servers to access. Since we don’t even know who our customers are, we can’t share anything with Big Brother. In fact, we’ve never gotten even a single request from a governmental authority to supply user data in the fourteen years we’ve been in business.

Ixquick uses encryption (HTTPS) by default. Encryption prevents snooping. Your searches are encrypted, so others can’t "tap" the Internet connection to snoop what you’re searching for. This combination of not storing data together with using strong encryption for the connections is key in protecting your Privacy.

Our company is based in The Netherlands, Europe. US jurisdiction does not apply to us, at least not directly. Any request or demand from ANY government (including the US) to deliver user data, will be thoroughly checked by our lawyers, and we will not comply unless the law which actually applies to us would undeniably require it from us. And even in that hypothetical situation, we refer to our first point; we don’t even have any user data to give. We will never cooperate with voluntary spying programs like PRISM.

Ixquick cannot be forced to start spying. Given the strong protection of the Right to Privacy in Europe, European governments cannot just start forcing service providers like us to implement a blanket spying program on their users. And if that ever changed, we would fight this to the end.
Privacy. It’s not just our policy, it’s our mission.

Sincerely,
Robert E.G. Beens
CEO Ixquick.com and StartPage.com

Ixquick and Startpage are from the same company. Startpage always seems to return more relevant results for me.

This is a very interesting topic. For myself that does not like all my privacy invaded and freedoms taking away this is a very good read. Thanks to all for sharing your knowledge and experience.

If you use Firefox you should also take a look at the add on: Self Destructing Cookies to help you manage persistent cookies and prevent cross site tracking.

good looking out for the community axa

https://www.startpage.com/

The sister site to Ixquick.  Very google-like, even uses google. 

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I Bing..is that ok?… too high to Google it….hahahaha

I still use both IXquick and StartPage. Not gonna beat either of them for varied search responses.

all I do is lo0k up nude pics of Chloris leachman ..they wont ding me for that will they?  :weinerwiggle:

Always remember that wherever it is reported in the main where the technology is at… it is in actuality several generations ahead of that. I don’t mean to get doom n gloom on anyone but as bad as it may seem today…these days will feel like complete and total freedom as we move forward and then look back.

For now your best option is to use a VPN and a service like duck duck go or start page for search.

I recommend not using chrome or IE ..instead use Firefox with these addons

-Ghostery
-HTTPS everywhere
-noscript
-Do not track me

also the new lightbeam add on can show you what all 3rd party trackers are being implemented on and with the sites you visit and you can block them

Another option is the TOR browser and or network….however when using either TOR or a VPN it is and will soon be considered a given that you are up to no good possibly creating a scenario whereby closer scrutiny is directed toward you.

Encryption is the other option but is a pain in the ass for common communications and for just traveling around the internet. The bottom line is for freedom seeking individuals we are running out of corners to work within sadly and frankly may already be out of them and just don’t know it yet. I know it sounds antiquated but just as the best way not to get an STD is to abstain from sex… the same applies to privacy and or desiring to not be spied upon…that is to not engage in the activity. 

Thee dangers are not so much what your doing but HOW what your doing will or can be interpreted by someone looking to nail you down. Lets say you buy a book on amazon about say the Nazi regime as to learn historically how NOT to be….someone can make the interpretation that you are in fact buying these kinds of books because you sympathize with the Nazi mindset…or whatever the ideology that is not the point. the point it that anything you do can be twisted to work either for or against you depending on the agenda… BE safe my friends and God Bless!