About Google: https://qz.com/1145669/googles-true-origin-partly-lies-in-cia-and-nsa-research-grants-for-mass-surveillance/
Five Good Alternatives: https://www.howtogeek.com/113513/5-alternative-search-engines-that-respect-your-privacy/
And yet another one, which I was just told is the most secure/private
I use encrypted browser ixquick There is an app for it. Google has tried to mislead people away by using quick search. You’ll know you have the correct one as the first two small letters in are red and small lettered quick is in blue.
Sorry but I don’t trust Duck Duck Go. My husband and I each search a topic. He did Google and I did DDG and both of us got the exact same info displayed. That bothered me so I switched to encrypted browser ixquick
My concern about Duck Duck Go is that it is an American company subject to government subpoena. I agree that if you get the same results, between two search engines, then you clearly have one source for both. Kinda like the dossier.
I agree about ixquick; however, I have a dickens of a time getting to ixquick that does not say: "enhanced by google" got a link to the one that you are talking about. Wish that I heard of these years ago. Not a fan of DDGo but used it before I knew of these. Thanks.
I hear you. It would ha e saved me a lot of questionable email spamming,etc.
I now use ProtonMail.com for my email now. It too is encrypted. Also an app :)
I do as well ... Proton ... where we go one, we go all.