Startpage Privacy Protection

The Startpage Privacy Protection extension provides private search and online data protection.

Startpage Privacy Protection: Secure Your Online Privacy

Startpage Privacy Protection is an Edge add-on designed for ensuring privacy across the internet. It automatically blocks trackers and cookies from websites you visit, providing private search options, blocking social media tracking and preventing browser fingerprinting. With Startpage Privacy Protection, your online activities are private and not saved, sold, or used for profiling.

Add-on stats

By: Startpage
Users: 2,176
51
Rating: 2.00
(3)
Version: 1.1.5 (Last updated: 2022-11-07)
Creation date: 2022-05-12
Risk impact: Very high risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Overrides search engine: Yes
Permissions:
  • webRequest
  • webRequestBlocking
  • https://www.startpage.com/*
  • tabs
  • http://*/*
  • https://*/*
  • webNavigation
  • storage
  • cookies
  • privacy
  • See more
Size: 4.29M

Other platforms

Startpage Privacy Protection (v1.1.5)
4.40 (45) 98,599
Not available on Android
Not available on Firefox
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Add-on summary

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Easy and secure privacy protection across the internet. With this privacy extension, you can automatically block trackers and cookies from websites you visit and ensure all your searches are in complete privacy. With just one click, you can seamlessly decrease the amount of personal data Big Tech and non-private search engines are collecting on you.

Startpage Privacy Protection is designed to give people control over what personal data is shared. You have the power to visibly monitor the privacy practices of each website you visit and can turn off and on your privacy and tracking settings.

This privacy extension provides the following private search engine and blocker features: Sets default search engine to Startpage.com - Ensures your search engine activities are private, not saved, sold or used for profiling. Blocks trackers and cookies - Stops trackers from being placed on search activities by advertisers and third parties. Reports website privacy scoring - Evaluates and calculates a privacy rating based on each site’s privacy. Overrides social media tracking - Replaces social media, video, and music site tracking defaults with “click-to-activate” privacy options. Sends global privacy control signal - Sends visited sites a signal with your privacy preferences. Prevents browser fingerprinting – Detects and blocks third party sites using special scripts to collect information about you. Quickly exit any page by pressing "esc" key four times

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User reviews

Used to work great until recently. Now it refuses to block anything and won't return a privacy score. None of the buttons, checkboxes, or anything else interactable on the extension work either.
by Mason, 2024-10-19

Useless. I not using vpn and still cannot use this pathetic "search system".
by Mêlis, 2023-05-09
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Startpage Privacy Protection requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Startpage Privacy Protection has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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