How to Make Your Web Searches More Secure and Private
When it comes to looking something up on the web, most of us default to “googling” it—Google's search engine has become so dominant that it's now a verb, in the same way that Photoshop is. There are ways to increase your privacy on Google’s platforms, like using privacy-focused browsers, using privacy-focused alternatives to Google Maps, auto-deleting your web history after a certain time period, or simply limiting the amount of data the company collects in the first place, by opting out of features like web-based email and location awareness. So if you want to use a search engine that doesn't keep track of your queries, serve your data to advertisers, or change your search results based on what it thinks you’ll like, you’ve got some options. DuckDuckGo via David Nield The granddaddy of Google alternatives, DuckDuckGo has made private search its raison d'être for more than 15 years. Like Google, DuckDuckGo displays ads, but they’re not tailored to what it thinks you’ll like based on your search history.
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