Startpage is a Dutch search engine company that highlights privacy as its distinguishing feature.[1][2][3] The website advertises that it allows users to obtain Google Search results while protecting users' privacy by not storing personal information or search data and removing all trackers. Startpage.com also includes an Anonymous View browsing feature that allows users the option to open search results via proxy for increased anonymity.[4] Because the company is based in the Netherlands, it is protected by Dutch and European Union privacy laws, and thus is not subject to United States surveillance programs, like PRISM.
Startpage.com began as a sister company of Ixquick, a metasearch engine founded in 1998. The two websites were merged in 2016. In October 2019, Startpage received a significant investment from Privacy One Group,[5] a subsidiary of System1.
Startpage uses results from Google, for which it pays.[36] As of July 2020, Startpage allows searches in 82 languages,[37] including Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish.[38]
https://www.twitter.com/thezedwards/status/1528808759027331072
DuckDuckGo為一強調保護使用者隱私的搜尋引擎,其預設值即禁止蒐集與分享使用者的個人資訊,由於它不會分析使用者所造訪的網站,因此所有用戶都會看到同樣的搜尋結果,也會自動封鎖網路追蹤器與各式Cookie。
然而,Edwards卻發現不管是Android或iOS版的DuckDuckGo瀏覽器都沒有封鎖微軟追蹤器,例如當他造訪臉書的Workplace時,瀏覽器顯示出它已封鎖來自Google及臉書的追蹤器,卻未提及DuckDuckGo把資料傳送給Bing與Linkedin,而且除了微軟之外,他並不確定DuckDuckGo是不是還有其它「白名單」的存在。
https://www.twitter.com/yegg/status/1528838114558484480
DuckDuckGo並未於官網上解釋該事件,但DuckDuckGo創辦人暨執行長Gabriel Weinberg在Edwards的推文中留言,說明當使用者載入搜尋結果時,是完全匿名的,但與微軟在廣告上合作,亦於官網公開揭露此一訊息。
根據DuckDuckGo官網上的說明,DuckDuckGo與微軟的合作是在保障使用者的隱私下提供關聯性廣告,當使用者點擊由微軟提供的廣告時,將會透過Microsoft Advertising平臺將使用者導至廣告主網站,這使得Microsoft Advertising平臺得以存取使用者的完整IP位址與使用者代理字串,用以計算廣告效果並向廣告主收費。
此外,網頁上也說明了其中的差異,指出其它的搜尋引擎連結了使用者的個人檔案與廣告點擊行為,以用來遞送關聯性廣告,但與微軟的合作並未將使用者的廣告點擊行為連至個人檔案,也未儲存或分享除了計算所需的其它資訊。
不過,今年5月中旬,DuckDuckGo才透過Twitter批評,指出就算Google認為Topics更能保護隱私,但不管它叫什麼名字,「追蹤就是追蹤」。而今,這句話似乎也適用於DuckDuckGo自己。
https://help.duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/company/ads-by-microsoft-on-duckduckgo-private-search/#:~:text=At%20that%20point%2C%20Microsoft%20Advertising%20will%20use%20your%20full%20IP%20address%20and%20user%2Dagent%20string%20so%20that%20it%20can%20properly%20process%20the%20ad%20click%20and%20charge%20the%20advertiser
https://www.twitter.com/DuckDuckGo/status/1524342702552322049