I currently use Firefox and DuckDuckGo, but I’m thinking about getting a new browser and search engine. Are there any good recommendations. Privacy-focused is non-negotiable, and i would like it to be open source.

I have heard of Ecosia. How exactly do they work? If they truly do help the environment, like they claim, I may look into that. Is there any evidence? Looking into their privacy policy, it doesn’t seem too optimal.

  • shoki@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 day ago

    to be honest: i have no idea

    it could be perfectly safe; it could be very unsafe

    because of that i’m currently using startpage

    • kinda based in europe
    • iirc the company that owns it is american though
    • uses google’s search results ._.
    • doesn’t do any ai stuff iirc

    while trying to minimize my web searches by

    • typing in domains instead of searching for them
    • using bookmarks
    • using firefox search shortcuts to use a websites built-in search
    • using offline stuff
      • linux man pages
      • python help()
      • etc