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Google's new AI search results promotes sites pushing malware, scams (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 8 months ago by Zerush@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] lemmylem@lemm.ee 22 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I'm pretty sure Startpage got sold out to an ad company. I think the best option is just to use SearxNG

[–] PoorPocketsMcNewHold@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago

They do, but it's still separated from that business. At worse, it's more an ethical issue of using something that an Ad company own, exactly like using Google with or without proxies services. https://web.archive.org/web/20210118031008/https://blog.privacytools.io/relisting-startpage/