New incognito search engine

[SteveRiley]

Now that I look there are actually a total of 10 Google cookies. I don't know if the others are of much importance, but I'll try deleting the three you mention and see what happens.

I deleted all my Google cookies. Then I visited the website, entered a search, then went to search settings to disable safe search and instant. After that, I checked the cookies and saw the three I mentioned.

[Ole Juul]

They drop three cookies on your machine: NID, PREF, and SNID.

Of course, I wasn't thinking. Thanks. Now that I look there are actually a total of 10 Google cookies. I don't know if the others are of much importance, but I'll try deleting the three you mention and see what happens. My searches are often focused in a way that gets in the way of what I'm looking for, so this may be useful when using the Goog.

[SteveRiley]

BTW, does anybody know how Google identifies searchers? I hope it's not by IP because that would mean that my town, and the one next to us, would be included as one because we all have the same outward facing IP!

They drop three cookies on your machine: NID, PREF, and SNID.

[Ole Juul]

It looks like they're just trying to cash in on the latest buzz words and hoping that those that don't go beyond the words will be impressed.

Like others have mentioned, ixquick and duckduckgo work just fine and without the over-the-top sales pitch. For that matter, if you don't want to pass on your search terms to (most) sites, then Google SSH will also do that. https://www.google.com/ (simple as that).

I alternate between all those just to (in a very small way) not promote the dominance of one. Ya, that's just on principle since it seems Google has it anyway. I even use Yahoo! once in a while. I have a feeling that spreading your searches around may actually be more useful in the long run.

BTW, does anybody know how Google identifies searchers? I hope it's not by IP because that would mean that my town, and the one next to us, would be included as one because we all have the same outward facing IP!

[kubicle]

Another privacy enhanced search is ixquick's startpage: https://startpage.com/

Choose your poison, but since it's mostly a matter of trust, you should probably pick one of the more established players.

Of course, practically any search engine is likely to be more private than google.

You can also use www.duckduckgo.com for private searching

[SteveRiley]

Interesting. If I may so indulge, herewith follows a brief dissection of certain of their claims.

We don't track you, save your searches, record your IP address, store any cookies, or collect or share any information with the sites you visit.
I have no reason to doubt this, so I'll take your word. But every web server logs source IP addresses -- are you purging these from your logs as well?

We're not advertising yet, but when we start we're willing to sacrifice 50% of our revenue for your privacy.
I'm not exactly sure what "sacrifice 50% of our revenue" means or why the particular number 50% has any relevance. But why would any advertiser choose to spend money with you since it's likely they will realize zero return? Is it not obvious that the intersection of the set of people who would use your site and the set of people who click on ads is the null set?

when you visit a site, your computer automatically sends information about it to that site (including your user agent and IP address). This information can often be used to identify you directly.
That is an incorrect assertion.

When you search on Stealth you are also using Alpha SSL, a secure encryption, which helps prevent sending your search terms to sites you visit.
I'm sorry, but what? I have 17 years experience in information security and I have never heard of "Alpha SSL." Oh, perhaps you mean that you have a certificate from AlphaSSL, a certification authority? I really have no way of verifying this, because nowhere in my browser can I find evidence that you're using the HTTPS protocol.

[67GTA]

I ran across this while using stumbleupon. http://usestealth.com/#