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>Whoogle >Google search result frontend without Javascript, ads, cookies and tracking. Tor and HTTP/SOCKS proxy support Isn't Startpage the same?
by dartharva 5y ago
>Whoogle
>Google search result frontend without Javascript, ads, cookies and tracking. Tor and HTTP/SOCKS proxy support
Isn't Startpage the same?
- vngzs 5y agoVery similar. Startpage tries to learn as little as possible about its users (which I believe, after seeing their error page). It sends searches to Google on users' behalf and returns results without personalization. In Whoogle's case, Google can still track the searches you send to it. With Startpage, only Startpage can track them in detail - and Google only in aggregate.
- clairity 5y agonote that startpage has been (partially) owned by system1, an adtech company, since 2019: https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Startpage.com https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Startpage.com
- dredmorbius 5y agoThere's a Startpage alternative that I've seen referenced numerous times but can never remember. Do you happen to know it?
- clairity 5y agosearx or qwant? there isn't an authoritative server for searx, so it can be hit or miss. qwant requires js, so i don't use it. i usually use duckduckgo, though my enthusiasm for it has been waning as it becomes more nakedly commercial.
- dredmorbius 5y agoIt might be qwant, if that's also a privacy proxy on top of Google / Bing. I'm familiar with Searx, that's its own decentralised search AFAIU.