I used google for most of my life, for the past couple months I’ve been using brave search, but I still end up using google often because google images is far better than brave search images. I’m also worried that maybe brave search isn’t the best choice. What would you guys recommend?

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    1 month ago

    If you’re using something like tor, and rotate on every single search, then that would be ideal.

    I assume you’re not using tor. That means all your searches can still be linked to you via the network source (ip address, etc.). Google can also use your search patterns to fingerprint you.

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      Using tor with anything google is a PITA at best.

      If you have a generic enough useragent string and using standard ipv4 deployment (shared by many homes and/or rotating, usual isp)/mobile internet/workspace internet it is pretty hard to fingerprint.

      I’ve not seen google fingerprinting with canvas or other weird techniques (though these can be defeated in even standard firefox) yet.