
About this episode
Have you been considering a more privacy-preserving search engine but not sure where to start? This episode, we're sitting down with Kelly from Startpage to chat about the Startpage search engine, how it works, it's limitations, and more.
More about Kelly Finnerty:
- Kelly's guest profile -- https://optoutpod.com/guests/kelly-finnerty/
More about Startpage Search:
- Website -- https://www.startpage.com/
- About Startpage -- https://www.startpage.com/en/about-us
- How does Startpage preserve privacy? -- https://www.startpage.com/en/how-startpage-works/
- Privacy, Please! blog -- https://www.startpage.com/privacy-please/
More about the Startpage Privacy Protection extension:
- Website -- https://add.startpage.com/en/protection
- For Chrome/Brave -- https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/startpage-privacy-protect/cdkhedhmncjnpabolpjceohohlefegak?hl=en
- For Firefox -- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/startpage-privacy-protection/
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- Cake Wallet, an easy to use Monero mobile wallet -- https://optoutpod.com/sponsors/#cake-wallet
- LocalMonero, an excellent and privacy-preserving way to buy and sell Monero -- https://optoutpod.com/sponsors/#localmonero
- IVPN, an ethical, no-nonsense, non-logging VPN provider -- https://optoutpod.com/sponsors/#ivpn
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