Privacy on the net

[Freston]

I know some of you are concerned with online privacy, so I thought I'd share this.

The Register points out the Dutch based meta search engine ixquick does no longer record IP addresses at all.

[Rim_Frost]

What kind of search engine is ixquick? Is it like Google where you can search as you normally do when you look for something or what is it?

[Freston]

You use it like you would with any search engine. But it's a meta search engine. That means it looks in several search engines at once and gives the most relevant results of each.

[Jonathan183]

Thanks for sharing Freston ... it will be interesting to see if others follow this fine example.

[oz]

Privacy on the net

Expecting privacy on the net is a bit like expecting to find a shade tree on the sun... it probably doesn't exist!

I am very glad that people are concerned and thinking about it, though.

[elija]

Expecting privacy on the net is a bit like expecting to find a shade tree on the sun... it probably doesn't exist!

I am very glad that people are concerned and thinking about it, though.

Yeah - I always liken the net to shouting at strangers in the park

[Jonathan183]

I ended up using this page to add to the search engines ... now I have it top of the list

[Freston]

Yeah - I always liken the net to shouting at strangers in the park

The keyword here is *strangers*
I like shouting at strangers, and I like to be shouted at by strangers. That's what I call a balanced relationship

I ended up using this page to add to the search engines ... now I have it top of the list

Yeah, they have browser plugins. Thanks for posting the link! But truth is, I find it easier to find what I want using Google. So lately I've been experimenting with Cuil (the Irish among us may recognize that as a word meaning knowledge )
They have a different approach to searches, and their privacy policy is also worth a read. It's nice and short and they claim they don't store your IP address as well.

The jury is still out on which engine will be my new default, but at least now there is choice. And who knows, maybe a new disease will be searchenginehopperitus

[elija]

They have a different approach to searches

Yeah, it doesn't find what you are looking for or maybe Google has spoilt me

[Freston]

Yeah, it doesn't find what you are looking for or maybe Google has spoilt me

Yes, I know what you mean. Google is more predictable. I've had some very good hits with the search engines above, but also some great misses. Dunno. Things that work perfectly and reliably in Google such as when you know the name of the company but not the url to their website, well that should be an easy task for any self respecting search engine.

You know, I don't 'just' want privacy, I want good results as well.


But at least it's good to have a choice. And maybe there's a little trick or a completely different method to searching. Maybe Google has spoiled me as well.