What is Startpage Privacy Protection?
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Extension summary
Easy and secure privacy protection across the internet. With this privacy extension, you can automatically block trackers and cookies from websites you visit and ensure all your searches are in complete privacy. With just one click, you can seamlessly decrease the amount of personal data Big Tech and non-private search engines are collecting on you.
Startpage Privacy Protection is designed to give people control over what personal data is shared. You have the power to visibly monitor the privacy practices of each website you visit and can turn off and on your privacy and tracking settings.
This privacy extension provides the following private search engine and blocker features:
- Sets default search engine to startpage.com
- Ensures your search engine activities are private, not saved, sold or used for profiling.
- Blocks trackers and cookies
- Stops trackers from being placed on search activities by advertisers and third parties
- Reports website privacy scoring
- Evaluates and calculates a privacy rating based on each site’s privacy.
- Overrides social media tracking
- Replaces social media, video, and music site tracking defaults with “click-to-activate” privacy options.
- Sends global privacy control signal
- Sends visited sites a signal with your privacy preferences.
User reviews
- Blocks trackers
- Privacy protection
- Clear reports with privacy scores
- Easy to use and intuitive
- Great for getting an idea of how much tracking each site applies
- Great protection from online scammers
- Startpage is a great search engine
- Forces Startpage as default search engine
- No option to disable default Startpage in extension settings
- Startpage search results can be irrelevant
- Startpage uses first positions for placed ads
- Does not block or mask fingerprints via canvas, webgl, fonts, audio, etc.
- Changes browser search engine without asking and doesn't allow changing it back
- Blocks trackers
- Forces Startpage as default search engine
- Changes browser search engine without asking and doesn't allow changing it back
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Extension safety
Risk impact
Startpage Privacy Protection requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk likelihood
Startpage Privacy Protection may not be trust-worthy. Avoid installing if possible unless you really trust this publisher.
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