Thread: Just discovered a breach of security with google
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2013-07-17 , 18:07
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Originally Posted by thedead1440 View Post
Basically startpage submits search data to google but without any identifiable information in it. So google still gets searches made etc but without knowing who did so...
It should be noted that Startpage will not allow searching if you have a blank user agent:

HTML Code:
"You may be using a privacy-oriented browser extension that conflicts with Startpage. Please disable this extension and try your search again."
As it has been shown that the user agent is a form of identifying information, one does wonder why a privacy oriented search engine requires it. Especially since they claim not to track it (and a bot could easily forge such information so it couldn't be used to stop automated queries).

Originally Posted by thedead1440 View Post
but its certainly more preferable to using Google.
However, it doesn't change the fact that that's certainly true.
Last edited by DA5; 2013-07-17 at 18:13.
 

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