Firefox 44 removes privacy feature.

[stan]

On Fri, 05 Feb 2016 02:34:59 +1030
Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au> wrote:

> Allegedly, on or about 04 February 2016, Tom Rivers sent:
> > I do know of a free one that is privacy oriented and it works really
> > well:
> > 
> > https://duckduckgo.com/about 
> 
> I can't say that I find them anywhere near as good as Google.  Much as
> it pains me to say it.

I generally use ixquick.com.  They are also privacy oriented.  As far as
I know, they actually access other search services, and launder the
results.  They also allow the use of proxy addresses when viewing
results of queries. I notice that lately they have begun to show google
advertising with their results, but I think they still pass no
information and keep no user information around.

But, as you say, Google is the gold standard.  They probably have more
storage and computing power than the US government, so they can really
slice and dice the data they gather.