Private search via Startpage w/ Kelly Finnerty

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Have you been considering a more privacy-preserving search engine but not sure where to start? This episode, we're sitting down with Kelly from Startpage to chat about the Startpage search engine, how it works, it's limitations, and more.
More about Kelly Finnerty:

• Kelly's guest profile -- https://optoutpod.com/guests/kelly-finnerty/

More about Startpage Search:

• Website -- https://www.startpage.com/
• About Startpage -- https://www.startpage.com/en/about-us
• How does Startpage preserve privacy? -- https://www.startpage.com/en/how-startpage-works/
• Privacy, Please! blog -- https://www.startpage.com/privacy-please/

More about the Startpage Privacy Protection extension:

• Website -- https://add.startpage.com/en/protection
• For Chrome/Brave -- https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/startpage-privacy-protect/cdkhedhmncjnpabolpjceohohlefegak?hl=en
• For Firefox -- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/startpage-privacy-protection/

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Chapters

1. Private search via Startpage w/ Kelly Finnerty (00:00:00)

2. Kelly introduces herself and what Startpage does (00:01:12)

3. What was it that woke you up to the need for personal privacy? (00:02:35)

4. What prompted the creation of Startpage search? (00:04:51)

5. What would you hope users get from using Startpage search? (00:11:04)

6. What are some limitations users should be aware of? (00:16:12)

7. What settings or features should listeners take a look at or become familiar with when starting to use Startpage search? (00:19:40)

8. What other tools out there are your chief competitors/alternatives? What makes Startpage search better/unique? (00:22:17)

9. What logs, if any, are kept of users activity? (00:27:52)

10. A shoutout to Opt Out's sponsors (00:29:38)

11. How does using Startpage for search compare with a self-hosted solution like SEARX or Whoogle search? (00:31:02)

12. What prompted the creation of the new Startpage Privacy Protection extension? (00:35:25)

13. What limitations should users be aware of with SPP? (00:40:21)

14. How does SPP compare to uBlock origin and DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials? (00:42:14)

15. How is Startpage funded or made sustainable? (00:46:50)

16. How can listeners help support what you're doing with Startpage? (00:51:14)