Scroogle
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 screenshot of Scroogle as of 2008-10-14 |
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| URL | http://scroogle.org |
|---|---|
| Commercial? | no |
| Type of site | Search Engine |
| Registration | none |
| Available language(s) | English and 27 others |
| Owner | Public Information Research, Inc.[1] |
| Created by | Daniel Brandt[2][3] |
| Launched | 2003-04-24[2] |
| Current status | active |
Scroogle is a web service that disguises the Internet address of users who want to run Google searches anonymously.[4] Scroogle also gives users the option of having all communication between their computer and the search page be SSL encrypted.[5]
The tool was created by Google critic Daniel Brandt,[2][3] who was concerned about Google collecting information on users, and set up Scroogle to filter searches through his servers before going to Google. "I don't save the search terms and I delete all my logs every week. So even if the feds come around and ask me questions I don't know the answer because I don't have the logs any more," he said "I don't associate the search terms with the user's address at all, so I can't even match those up."[6]
Traffic has doubled every year and as of December 2007, Scroogle had passed 100,000 visitors a day.[7]
Besides anonymous searches, the tool allows users to perform Google searches without receiving Google advertisements. There is support for 28 languages[8], and the tool is available as a browser plug-in.
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[edit] References
- ^ "PIR Staff Box". http://www.scroogle.org/staffsc.html. Retrieved on 2008-06-25.
- ^ a b c "WHOIS - scroogle.org". http://whois.dnsstuff.com/tools/whois.ch?ip=scroogle.org. Retrieved on 2008-06-25.
- ^ a b "Fed up with Google? Try Scroogle.org: Powerful search tool without privacy violations". WorldNetDaily. 2007-06-04. http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55935.
- ^ Bray, Hiawatha (2006-01-21). "Google subpoena roils the Web: US effort raises privacy issues". The Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/01/21/google_subpoena_roils_the_web/?page=full.
- ^ "A note about SSL: How Scroogle's SSL option protects your privacy". PIR. 2008-06-07. https://ssl.scroogle.org/sslnote.html.
- ^ Stonehouse, David (2005-06-18). "Searching for gold". The Age. http://www.theage.com.au/news/Icon/Searching-for-gold/2005/06/15/1118645849591.html.
- ^ Rush, Dominic (2007-12-16). "Fears mount over internet privacy: Google rival Ask.com is promising to wipe out people’s search records within hours. But do the data really disappear?". The Sunday Times (UK). http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/article3055825.ece.
- ^ "Language Support for Scroogle". http://www.scroogle.org/langsup8.html. Retrieved on 2008-06-25.
