Brave takes aim at Google with privacy-protecting search engine beta
Brave hopes users will want to search the web without being tracked. Crypto-powered web browser Brave has branched out into the world of search with a new privacy-protecting beta search engine.The platform aims to take on the likes of Google, which harvests personal data and browsing habits while serving up targeted ads and tailored search results. But it faces an uphill battle against the tech giant which accounts for more than 90% of the market.In an announcement on June 22, Brave stated that it had launched Brave Search beta built into its browser, offering users “the first independent....
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Privacy-focused browser Brave has acquired open search engine Tailcat to introduce its own alternative to Google Search later this year. Major privacy-focused browser Brave is inching closer to offering a private search engine. Brave announced Wednesday that the company has acquired Tailcat, an open search engine developed by a group formerly working on privacy search and browser products at Cliqz. Operating under the majority holding of Hubert Burda Media, Cliqz terminated its efforts on browser and search tech in May 2020.According to the announcement, Tailcat will serve as a foundation....
Internet search engine DuckDuckGo is joining the bitcoin club. Well, sort of. The engine, which prides itself on protecting user privacy, is now displaying bitcoin price quotes on relevant search queries. Queries the likes of "bitcoin price" will display quotes for easy reference. The quote box supplies the user to the Markets page at Blockchain.info, which serves as an additional resource. The world's largest search engine, Google, has yet to implement such a feature. Though competitor Bing has added a feature allowing for the rate conversion of bitcoin to fiat. Information engine....
Internet search giant Google has updated its search engine to automatically display bitcoin prices when users enter certain queries. The news comes roughly one month after Google Finance partnered with Coinbase to launch abitcoin price tracker that enabled BTC-to-fiat price conversions across a wide range of global currencies. A representative from Google confirmed the update to CoinDesk, noting that the tool works on Google Search's smartphone app as well. The spokesperson said: "You can also ask Google to do conversions - if you have the Google Search app on your smartphone, for example,....
DuckDuckGo, the search engine for privacy lovers, has implemented a new feature that allows bitcoiners to check their balances simply by dropping their public address in the search box. While finding your latest balance can be done via your wallet or block chain explorer services such as Blockchain, DuckDuckGo, which requires no login, can make the process far quicker and simpler. For users that make DuckDuckGo the default search engine in their browser, checking a balance is as simple as pasting the address into the search box and hitting the 'return' key. One further, and possibly useful....
How many times have you noticed advertisements relevant to your recent search on your favourite search engine show up on your browser? I guess the answer will be "every time". That shouldn't come as a surprise as search engines like Google, Bing, Yahoo etc. track user's location and browsing data to show relevant advertisements. Now that they have your data, what stops them from using that data for purposes other than advertising? Nothing (except for few privacy laws)! It is no doubt that the search engine giant has enough data available to profile everyone depending upon their interests....