A friend took me to task last week for a post I wrote back in January on preventing Google from tracking you when you search. His alternative solution: "Just use Bing."
That got me thinking about other no-brainer approaches to security that thumb their noses at the conventional (and often convoluted and time-consuming) advice of the experts.
Search without footprints via the 'other' search engines Truly anonymous Web surfing requires the use of a VPN service that blocks your IP address as well as other personal information. (For more on VPN, see the tip below.) If you simply want to prevent a search from being recorded in your Google Web History, use a different search service.
Each search engine uses a unique mix of factors to find pages related to the terms you enter, which proves that there are many routes to the information you need. For an unscientific test, I used Google, Bing, and the Ixquick metasearch engine to look for three unrelated bits of info: the name of the mayor of Terre Haute, Ind.; nonstop airfares from New York to Paris; and the city in which Christopher Columbus died. (No, I'm not planning my next vacation.)
Note that Ixquick doesn't record your IP address when you search.
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