The Most PRIVATE Search Engine

Search engines completely revolutionized how we access the web. If you want to find a website, you can type in keywords and search engines will show you a list of websites that match your criteria.

But your searches can reveal a lot of private information about you: your interests, location, medical conditions, political affiliation.

Google has 90% of the market share for searches, and they track everything you do. This gives them a deep, granular insight into who you are, and this is information that they sell.

Search engines are also an effective tool for controlling what information people have access to, and there are many studies that look at how search engines influence the behavior of users by filtering out some search results and prioritizing others.

Luckily there are many ways you can protect your privacy and take back control over your quests for information. Sometimes you sacrifice the quality of your search results by doing this, but other times you’d be surprised at how good alternative results are.

We look at the following privacy-focused browsers:

00:00 - What is a search engine?
5:00 - DuckDuckGo
6:56 - MetaGer
8:00 - SearX
9:15 - Qwant
10:17 - StartPage
11:57 - Mojeek
13:01 - YaCy
14:24 - Brave Search

Always assess your personal risk and threat-level when choosing a search engine, and remember that taking small steps to minimize your internet footprint can go a long way in protecting your privacy!

Edited by Lee Rennie
Written by Reuben Yap, Will Sandoval, and Naomi Brockwell
Tech advisor: Reuben Yap

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*Edit:
For those wondering if using a more private browser like Brave helps mitigate surveillance from using Google search. Here is a response from NBTV tech advisor Kieran Mesquita:
"Brave will block some fingerprinting measures and it does block a bunch of endpoints that google uses for telemetry collection but Google has multiple redundant ways to collect this information so the actual impact is pretty negligible when using Google search itself. Most of the telemetry blocking mitigates Google’s ability to track users on 3rd party sites (via adsense and google analytics) and not when using 1st party Google sites/tools."
Hope that helps!

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Here are a bunch of products I like and use. Using these links helps support the channel and future videos!

Recommended Books:

Beginner's Introduction To Privacy - Naomi Brockwell

Permanent Record - Edward Snowden

What has the government done to our money - Rothbard

Extreme Privacy - Michael Bazzel (The best privacy book I've ever read)

No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State - Glenn Greenwald

Some of my favorite products to help protect your privacy!

Faraday bag (signal stopping, to protect your fob, credit card, computer, and phone)

Data Blocker (if you're charging your phone in an unknown port, use this so that no data is transferred)

Camera tape (electrical tape is the best tape for covering phone and computer cameras)

USB-C to ethernet adapter:

Privacy Screens (use your phone and computer in public? Keep your information safe!)

Computer: (Search for the size right for your computer)

Phone: (Search for the size for your phone, decide whether you want glass or plastic!)

[NaomiBrockwellTV]

For those wondering if using a more private browser like Brave helps mitigate surveillance from using Google search. Here is a response from NBTV tech advisor Kieran Mesquita:
"Brave will block some fingerprinting measures and it does block a bunch of endpoints that google uses for telemetry collection but Google has multiple redundant ways to collect this information so the actual impact is pretty negligible when using Google search itself. Most of the telemetry blocking mitigates Google’s ability to track users on 3rd party sites (via adsense and google analytics) and not when using 1st party Google sites/tools."
Hope that helps!

[Inspironator]

Hi again Naomi. Good to know the EU has privacy laws where the US doesn't. So now I'll be using these search engines and hopefully, I won't be forcefed crypto adverts all day long. Sweet! Better info on your video compared to similar ones in the US! Sweeter!

[NoEggu]

Great comprehensive content, clearly delivered by our host.

[solarson]

I miss Copernicus for those deep searches..it used a dozen of the most popular engines..great info Naomi

[xellaz]

Just read your bio using a search engine 🤪 .... OMG! You are such a talented individual! No wonder you sound like you really know what you're talking about. Subscribed! Keep 'em videos coming! 😁

[paradoxical_monk]

I truly love your content. Spreading awareness for those who want to change. Thanks!

[allenshepard]

Thank you. I'm sorry there are only 780 likes and 7, 000 views for such an important topic.
I like your videos and look forward to the next deep dive into helping users.

[MG.]

Thank you, Naomi!
As always, clearly presented and educational topic. Very sharp, knowledgeable, and beautiful. Guaranteed following.

[lonecrusaider]

No matter what you do, someone is always watching. We fought Big Brother in the 80's but failed and let them in by the front door.

[taurusmoore]

Big fan! I love this channel! It is definitely helping me with more troubleshooting steps at my job! Thank you so much!!

[Xr.]

Sidebar: I LOVE the background (room) you’ve set up in this video. The triangle on the wall, the rocket and the tiny TV are my fave

[blackmennewstyle]

Thanks as always for your hard work Naomi <3
Enjoy the rest of your week and thanks for being an amazing human being constantly trying to educate us <3

[TheBlackJester]

Scroogle was brilliant. Privacy related, but it was a scraper, and worked around algo problems.

[casaraku]

Very clear and articulate and easy on the eyes... always informative and which generates great comments... making your channel even better. cheers.

[Daniel-bbpy]

I love your channel! Naomi. You not only share great information, you also do it in a very entertaining way. Thank you so much for all your videos.

[choiceblade]

If I may be so bold...you are scrumptious. GREAT sampling and ever-clear distinctions abound. Thank you, Naomi.

[happyagain]

Gosh...the content is great love looking at you.! So authentic.

[AthenaTheWolf]

the algorithm brought me here and I’ve subbed. Looking forward to binging all your content

[CryptoInsightsJournal]

First off...Great video...Second...HALT AND CATCH FIRE!!! Love that show!

[Gotee]

I would to say, Naomi keeping doing what you're doing. I appreciate you looking out for us.