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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…

His revelations were instrumental in driving people to seek privacy-friendly search options.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Spivak Do you bang into StartPage using the !s or the !sp ?

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…

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 . Sta…