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 New search engine give users anonymity on the web web posted January 29, 2010 WEBNEWS – A new and unique search provider has launched a secure way to search and surf the web. Startpage is different from such engines like Google, Yahoo, or Bing, which collects and maintains personal information from users that use the sites. Not so with Startpage. The new search engine collects no personal data of its users and can even let users browse the internet anonymously. Katherine Albrecht, a spokesperson for Startpage, stated, "It would blow people's minds if they knew how much information the big search engines have on the American public," she told WND in an interview. "In fact, their dossiers are so detailed they would probably be the envy of the KGB."  "We're essentially telling them our entire life stories – stuff you wouldn't even tell your mother – because you are in a private room with a computer," she said. "We tend to think of that as a completely private circumstance. But the reality is that they make a record of every single search you do." But Startpage is far different, they do not obtain any information from those who use the search engine, so if the federal government came to them seeking information on a user’s activities, “there won’t be any to give them”. Use of the search engine works the same as any other, but with every result of a search a special link is provided, one shown as a “proxy link”. By choosing this function the user’s computer never accesses the site being visited. Startpage will fetch the content of the site through their servers and allow the user to view the content on their site without having to worry about any viruses that may be contained on the site sought out that could invade the user’s computer. But beyond personal security, privacy is the main issue covered by Startpage. "As consumers, we almost have an obligation to stop using them (the major search engines) until they behave themselves," Albrecht said. "Sometimes you want to know private stuff. It doesn't mean you have something to hide or are doing anything wrong. It just means you don't want other people knowing what you're thinking about and looking up. It's nobody's business." "People are more concerned about online data retention policies than ever before," said CEO Robert Beens. "We wanted to offer them a useful tool and this proxy is a logical extension of our services, A search engine is a starting point for people to visit other pages. Now our users can take the privacy they get with Ixquick (Startpage) to the next step, and go privately to the sites they have found as well. This proxy completes the total search privacy picture." Startpage launched is services Thursday night and is now available for use. © Copyright 2010
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