Startpage Privacy Protection
The Startpage Privacy Protection extension provides private search and online data protection.
Total ratings
4.40
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spammy, or outdated. Pros
- 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
Cons
- 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
Most mentioned
- 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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Recent rating average:
3.80
All time rating average:
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| Date | Author | Rating | Lang | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-17 |  | | Even after uninstalling the extension, my default start page is set to startpage.com and I can't figure out how to remove it. I can see that others have made this observation, and that there's chatter online that the service is not what it says it is. I would suggest that they respond to this comment and help me remove it so as to improve their reputation. | |
| 2023-06-07 |  | | Thank you! | |
| 2022-09-20 |  | | Would have been a 5 star review, however they have gone completely scummy by forcing your new tab window to be startpage with no way of disabling it in the extension settings. Absolutely unacceptable. Privacy badger does not change your browser settings like that, and does the exact same thing. Maybe I can revisit this if they change it, but until then 1 star it is. | |
| 2022-09-08 |  | | it blocks cookies. and prevent from tracking. | |
| 2022-09-03 |  | | It's really good for disabling trackers from what it reports in its statistics, I don't know how to verify that it actually blocks trackers. The only annoying thing is that it forces omnibox searches to startpage, while I want to keep Google. Startpage search results are often irrelevant and not able to find what I'm looking for, also Startpage always uses the first 3-4 positions for placed ads, which is extremely annoying. I will not be continuing using this plugin. | |
| 2022-08-15 |  | | Startpage Privatsphäre-Schutz macht auch den Brave Broswer noch viel Sicherer und auch extrem viel schneller, diese Erweiterung ist ein muss für Brave und für alle anderen Broswer. | |
| 2022-06-01 |  | | Seems nice, but it is not a Start - Page! ?? | |
| 2022-05-18 |  | | Works like a charm! | |
| 2022-03-19 |  | | best | |
| 2022-03-13 |  | | How do I get control of default search engine selection back once I've uninstalled the extension? |
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