How Does Search Encrypt Work?

How Does Search Encrypt Work?

Search Encrypt is available as a browser extension for Chrome and Firefox. It works by encrypting your search terms locally for added privacy. Search Encrypt is a private search engine that uses perfect forward secrecy to make sure only you can see what you?re searching for.

Our main purpose as a search engine and browser extension is to protect your privacy online. We don?t track your search history in any user identifiable way and we hope to encourage practicing safe searches across the web.

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Our product is not a virus, in fact, it is quite the opposite. Viruses are created to harm computer systems and their users. We protect you by encrypting your search terms and keeping them private and hidden from anyone who gains access to your computer, or even our servers.

Our servers don?t store any user-identifiable data about you. We hope to address any concerns that Search Encrypt is a virus or malware with complete clarity and transparency.

Why Are Your Searches Being Redirected?

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If you?re confused about why your searches are being taken to SearchEncrypt.com and not to Bing or Google, for example, click on ?Learn More? ? or visit our FAQ page. Some blogs have incorrectly labelled Search Encrypt as a ?browser hijacker? or ?virus?, when we are actually working to protect your search terms from internet trackers.

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How Can I Stop My Searches From Being Redirected?

If you click on the Search Encrypt icon in the upper right-hand corner of your browser window, you will see menu below. ??

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From this menu, you can then select ?Stop Redirecting Searches?, which allows you to quickly pause the extension. Then you can search with Google, Bing, or another search engine that we redirect, if you?d like.

Another option is to choose ?Settings?. From Settings, you will be taken to this menu. ??

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If you want to customize your search experience while using Search Encrypt, you can choose to not redirect searches from the above list. If you want to avoid trackers from Google, but want to keep Bing as a backup search engine, you can do so with Search Encrypt.

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This article explains how we work to protect your searches from other users on your computer, hackers, and other search engines that may track you. We explain our encryption methods, and how we implement perfect forward secrecy. ??

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Search Encrypt (searchencrypt.com) is a private search engine available online or as a browser extension. Search?

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Whether you?re using our browser extension or just using our search engine on the web, here is a brief example of how it works.

How To Remove Search Encrypt

If after reading this, you?ve decided that you want to get rid of the Search Encrypt extension, follow the instructions in this article to remove it. ??

How To Remove Search Encrypt [Chrome, Firefox]

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Get Search Encrypt?s Private Search Extension for Google Chrome

Search Encrypt – A Private Search Engine

Keep your searches private by redirecting searches that may be tracked to Search Encrypt, a privacy-focused search?

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Get Search Encrypt?s Private Search Extension for Mozilla Firefox

Search Encrypt – Add-ons for Firefox

Keep your searches private by redirecting searches that may be tracked to Search Encrypt, a privacy-focused search?

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About Search Encrypt

Search Encrypt is a private search engine that puts user privacy first. By combining encryption and privacy-by-design, Search Encrypt offers perfect forward secrecy.

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