🆕 Software Suggestion | Swisscows #1639

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2020-01-08T22:05:25Z

wuniversales commented

2020-01-08 22:05:25 +00:00

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Name: Swisscows
Category: Search Engine
URL: https://swisscows.com/

Safe search engine, no logs, no ip leak... (At least they say so)
https://swisscows.com/en/about#privacy-data

Name: Swisscows Category: Search Engine URL: https://swisscows.com/ Safe search engine, no logs, no ip leak... (At least they say so) https://swisscows.com/en/about#privacy-data

LizMcIntyre commented

2020-01-10 02:09:21 +00:00

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I've tried Swisscows and have found the results to be good -- esp. with the symantic mapping feature. It's surprising how different the results can be with a few tweaks.

The privacy policy and other information looks promising, as you note, wuniversales. Would they be willing to answer the Questions to Ask all Privacy Companies?

I've tried Swisscows and have found the results to be good -- esp. with the symantic mapping feature. It's surprising how different the results can be with a few tweaks. The privacy policy and other information looks promising, as you note, wuniversales. Would they be willing to answer the [Questions to Ask all Privacy Companies](https://www.reddit.com/r/privacytoolsIO/comments/dza44p/who_owns_your_favorite_privacy_service_part_2_the/)?

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smnthermes commented

2020-01-29 16:57:01 +00:00

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Suspicious. In every search there are results like this:

http://www.smartredirect.de/redir/clickGate.php?u=Pr6dLdBs&m=12&p=8PtMZHWq0t&q=ok%20boomer&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vox.com%2F2019%2F11%2F19%2F20963757%2Fwhat-is-ok-boomer-meme-about-meaning-gen-z-millennials&r=https%3A%2F%2Fswisscows.ch%3Fquery%3Dok%20boomer

Suspicious. In every search there are results like this: http://www.smartredirect.de/redir/clickGate.php?u=Pr6dLdBs&m=12&p=8PtMZHWq0t&q=ok%20boomer&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vox.com%2F2019%2F11%2F19%2F20963757%2Fwhat-is-ok-boomer-meme-about-meaning-gen-z-millennials&r=https%3A%2F%2Fswisscows.ch%3Fquery%3Dok%20boomer

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smnthermes commented

2020-01-29 16:58:57 +00:00

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The domain smartredirect.de is included in some blocklists.

Edit: when accessing it:

This server belongs to adgoal (www.adgoal.net)

The domain `smartredirect.de` is included in some blocklists. Edit: when accessing it: > This server belongs to adgoal (www.adgoal.net)

nitrohorse commented

2020-01-29 19:10:14 +00:00

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Linking the Discourse discussion for reference. Notably their privacy policy looks reasonable and they have a unique company stance for creating a “family-friendly internet“ that in turn affects how they filter search results:

We promote moral values. 2. We hate violence and pornography. 3. We promote digital media education. - https://swisscows.com/en/about

Linking the [Discourse discussion](https://forum.privacytools.io/t/lets-discuss-swisscows-com-privacy-friendly-and-porn-free-search-engine-with-its-own-advertising-concept/) for reference. Notably their [privacy policy](https://swisscows.com/en/privacy) looks reasonable and they have a [unique company stance](https://swisscows.com/docs/Medienerziehung_EN.pdf) for creating a “family-friendly internet“ that in turn affects how they filter search results: > 1. We promote moral values. 2. We hate violence and pornography. 3. We promote digital media education. - https://swisscows.com/en/about

nitrohorse commented

2020-01-29 20:57:20 +00:00

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The domain smartredirect.de is included in some blocklists.

Edit: when accessing it:

This server belongs to adgoal (www.adgoal.net)

Yeah, looks like the top 3 items for search results are ad-based which have the redirects (swisscows.ch##.sales).

> The domain `smartredirect.de` is included in some blocklists. > > Edit: when accessing it: > > > This server belongs to adgoal ([www.adgoal.net](http://www.adgoal.net)) Yeah, looks like the top 3 items for search results are ad-based which have the redirects (swisscows.ch##.sales).

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Reference: privacyguides/privacytools.io#1639