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Actually, for my own curiosity I'd be interested in the recommendations for alternate search engines that slashdotters think are good one to use, other than google. (Probably this has been covered as a slashdot topic before; so a link would be ok.)

(I can already find this one http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_search_engines thanks)

Starpage.com. No IP logging, no tracking cookies (there is a preference cookie), lets you search over HTTPS, compiles search data from All The Web, Ask, Bing, Cuil, Digg, EntireWeb, Gigablast, Open Directory, Qkport, Wikipedia, and Yahoo.

Overall it works pretty well, but sometimes I need Google's results. That's where Scroogle comes in handy. No cookies, no query logging, ip logs deleted after 48 hours.

Also, if you're using Firefox there are a few settings I highly recommend under Privacy. Set it to "Use custom settings for history", uncheck "Accept third-party cookies", and then change "Keep until" to "I close Firefox". Then use "Exceptions" to whitelist any sites you want to have persistent cookies.

I also tend to use Privoxy + JAP when doing casual browsing (ie, stuff where I don't log in).

You could check out https://startpage.com./

(I have not tried to verify their service claims.)