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GOOGLE SEARCH ALTERNATIVE

Love the efficiency of Google searches, and still want to maintain your own privacy….Well here is the way.

Change your homepage to
https://startpage.com

StartPage, pays google for the use of their search algorithms…yet they don’t track you, so you can maintain your privacy…How do they make money? Through their own advertising streams…

Direct from the StartPage website:
Zero saving, sharing, or selling your search data
No third party trackers or cookies like other search engines
Un-profiled search results
Browse other sites in complete privacy with Anonymous View

So there you have it. Google results without all they spying…

DELETE ALL PASSWORDS IN CHROME

This is the continuation of a series of articles, that help you divorce your life from BIG TECH. With the recent events in American Politics, the need for these guides has become apparent. I hope this guide assists in your journey to protect yourself.

Using a password manager is recommended….Allowing google to harvest your passwords…bad idea. This guide will show you how to quickly delete all of your passwords from Chrome, at once.

On a Windows 10 computer
Open Chrome
Press ctrl and h at the same time to show your History
Select Clear Browsing Data from the Menu on the left
You will have two options, Basic and Advanced
Select Advanced
Time Range: All Time
Place a checkmark next to Everything in the list below
Click Clear Data

All of your data and passwords will be erased.

To finish it off, disconnect the Sync option by selecting Turn off sync and personalization

You are well on your way to divorcing yourself from Google

REMOVE GOOGLE AS IPAD SEARCH ENGINE

With the recent unrestful events, the need has arisen to migrate off BIG TECH platforms. This series of articles will assist you in that arena

Apple iPads, by default, Safari uses Google as the default search engine. To switch away from Google and over to DuckDuckGo, which does not store your personal information (see https://duckduckgo.com/?va=b&t=hc).

On the iPad:
Navigate to your “Desktop“
Open the Settings app
Scroll down to Safari and select it
In the Search Section, you will see the Search Engine is set to Google
Click the “>” next to Google
Select DuckDuckGo
Now you can close the setting app, and your settings will be saved

Google will no longer be your search engine for Safari

IPHONE / IPAD CHROME APP – USE DUCKDUCKGO AS THE SEARCH ENGINE

With the recent unrestful events, the need has arisen to migrate off BIG TECH platforms. This series of articles will assist you in that arena

Apple iPhones and iPads, by default, Chrome uses Google as the default search engine. To switch away from Google and over to DuckDuckGo, which does not store your personal information (see https://duckduckgo.com/?va=b&t=hc).

On the iPad:
Navigate to your “Desktop“
Open the Chrome app
Click the three … in the top right corner
Scroll down to Settings and click it
In the Search Engine field
Click Google >
Select DuckDuckGo
That’s it. You can now close out of the app, go back into it and Google will be replaced with DuckDuckGo

How to Revoke APP Access to Your Google Account

  • Privacy

Get Rid of Those Pesky Apps

The latest NVidia driver update will not download or install through the GeForce App, unless has access to your Google Account….Invasion of Privacy at it’s finest.  As soon as you have what you need, immediately revoke the access.  And ensure no other apps have access to your google account while you are logged in there

To revoke the access, go to:  https://myaccount.google.com/permissions

Click on the App that has access

Click Remove Access

Google Search Operators

Quick Reference

cache:site.com
allintext:
intext:
inposttitle:
allintitle:
intitle:
allinurl:
inurl:
allinanchor:
inanchor:
filetype:
related:
info:
daterange:
link:
around()
“search exact string”
-word
+word
word or word
word | word
“word * word” – acts as a wildcard rock * roll
word #..# – to display number ranges
word $ – searches prices
word in word – converts (10ft in cm)