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* '''[https://www.ecosia.org/ Ecosia]''' ('''Environmental Tip''') is not known for being a very privacy friendly search engine (though they are working on it), but for it's "greenness". Ecosia has advertisement, but donates a large portion if it's advertising revenue to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reforestation reforestation] projects and other environmental causes. | * '''[https://www.ecosia.org/ Ecosia]''' ('''Environmental Tip''') is not known for being a very privacy friendly search engine (though they are working on it), but for it's "greenness". Ecosia has advertisement, but donates a large portion if it's advertising revenue to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reforestation reforestation] projects and other environmental causes. {{Warning small|Ecosia is hosted on Cloudflare and their image search depends on Bing (Microsoft)}}, but the websearch works even if you block connections to Bing. I use Ecosia as my primary search engine, because sometimes you have to prioritize and I think saving the planet is more important than my privacy. Also I am quite confident I am doing enough to make sure I'm not leaking too much data while using Ecosia. | ||
* '''[https://www.mojeek.com/ Mojeek]''' ('''Privacy Tip''') is a search engine with no tracking whatsoever and a very low environmental impact. It was created in the UK and is hosted on ‘UK’s greenest data center’. | * '''[https://www.mojeek.com/ Mojeek]''' ('''Privacy Tip''') is a search engine with no tracking whatsoever and a very low environmental impact. It was created in the UK and is hosted on ‘UK’s greenest data center’. | ||
* Notable mentions: '''[https://www.searx.me/ Searx]''', '''[https://lite.qwant.com/ Qwant Lite]''', '''[https://www.startpage.com/ Startpage]'''... | * Notable mentions: '''[https://www.searx.me/ Searx]''', '''[https://lite.qwant.com/ Qwant Lite]''', '''[https://www.startpage.com/ Startpage]'''... | ||