Startpage CEO Interview: Robert Beens - Techlore
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Date: 2022-04-15
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Timestamps:
00: 14 - Introduction
1: 08 - Is there anything you want to start out with?
1: 28 - How do your company goals line up with privacy?
5: 04 - How would you compare a privacy metasearch engine to your service?
9: 05 - Who runs Startpage, and what is the life for an employee like? How's your company setup?
10: 30 - What separates Startpage from other privacy search engines?
17: 10 - What makes Startpage more secure and private than other options?
27: 48 - What are your plans in the future that you can share publicly?
32: 30 - What do you have to say about the recent ownership change? (System1)
34: 12 - Does the ownership change effect how data is shared or collected?
35: 10 - Do you have plans on open sourcing anything in the future?
36: 20 - If Startpage pays for Google results, how does Startpage make its money?
38: 00 - Does Starpage plan (or have you already) paid to be a browser default?
40: 15 - Final Words
40: 50 - Final Question: Do you have an onion site, and do you allow Tor users to access Startpage?
42: 10 - Actual Final Words
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Timestamps:
00: 14 - Introduction
1: 08 - Is there anything you want to start out with?
1: 28 - How do your company goals line up with privacy?
5: 04 - How would you compare a privacy metasearch engine to your service?
9: 05 - Who runs Startpage, and what is the life for an employee like? How's your company setup?
10: 30 - What separates Startpage from other privacy search engines?
17: 10 - What makes Startpage more secure and private than other options?
27: 48 - What are your plans in the future that you can share publicly?
32: 30 - What do you have to say about the recent ownership change? (System1)
34: 12 - Does the ownership change effect how data is shared or collected?
35: 10 - Do you have plans on open sourcing anything in the future?
36: 20 - If Startpage pays for Google results, how does Startpage make its money?
38: 00 - Does Starpage plan (or have you already) paid to be a browser default?
40: 15 - Final Words
40: 50 - Final Question: Do you have an onion site, and do you allow Tor users to access Startpage?
42: 10 - Actual Final Words
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Abby
He (Robert Beens) is also CEO of a company that makes it their business to track, gather, and sell every bit of information they can gather. Nope, he is NOT gonna talk about that because he knows it is an exact opposite of what Startpage used to stand for. For now we don't know how/who/what he has changed at Startpage but somehow Google allows them to skim results off them free of charge. I don't trust them any futher than I can throw someone that claims it is their business to know as much about you as possible. There is a two-faced decision here folks, do you believe a person that knows your info is money and lots of it and secretly (they announced his takeover months after it was complete. For now, I am dropping Startpage and it hurts, but my privacy is worth more than his bottom line. There is a reason the top privacy web sites have stopped ranking Startpage in their lists. Read them for yourselves and see if this new CEO that is very very sparse on details about his other company is worthy of being trusted. for me it was a no-brainer, NOPE.
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He (Robert Beens) is also CEO of a company that makes it their business to track, gather, and sell every bit of information they can gather. Nope, he is NOT gonna talk about that because he knows it is an exact opposite of what Startpage used to stand for. For now we don't know how/who/what he has changed at Startpage but somehow Google allows them to skim results off them free of charge. I don't trust them any futher than I can throw someone that claims it is their business to know as much about you as possible. There is a two-faced decision here folks, do you believe a person that knows your info is money and lots of it and secretly (they announced his takeover months after it was complete. For now, I am dropping Startpage and it hurts, but my privacy is worth more than his bottom line. There is a reason the top privacy web sites have stopped ranking Startpage in their lists. Read them for yourselves and see if this new CEO that is very very sparse on details about his other company is worthy of being trusted. for me it was a no-brainer, NOPE.
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Lukim
That's an interesting point you brought up about the competitiveness of privacy tools and the hostility nearly of other users. I 100% agree, it does feel like no matter what precautions you go to, it is never enough for some people and it's pretty damaging really. It's already hard enough, impossible in some regard, to escape the ecosystems big tech create but when what you're doing 'isn't good enough' to some why bother trying?
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That's an interesting point you brought up about the competitiveness of privacy tools and the hostility nearly of other users. I 100% agree, it does feel like no matter what precautions you go to, it is never enough for some people and it's pretty damaging really. It's already hard enough, impossible in some regard, to escape the ecosystems big tech create but when what you're doing 'isn't good enough' to some why bother trying?
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Soumyadip
I have a question
Is incognito mode is truly safe or it is just a transparent mirror all the browser shows us. - little double
I usually use opera with duck duck go as default. -
But which is the best browser I think sometimes -
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I have a question
Is incognito mode is truly safe or it is just a transparent mirror all the browser shows us. - little double
I usually use opera with duck duck go as default. -
But which is the best browser I think sometimes -
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Victor
Okay, seems like a good product. I missed some details about their business, how do they make money? I listened to 36: 20 Non targeted Ads only, how effective is that for the advertiser -? Seems smt is missing.
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Okay, seems like a good product. I missed some details about their business, how do they make money? I listened to 36: 20 Non targeted Ads only, how effective is that for the advertiser -? Seems smt is missing.
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Gaius
My dude. are ok?
You upload an unusual amount of videos to the point that makes me wonder if you are ok?
Anyways. keep it up.
P. s could make nextcloud tutorial for dummies?
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My dude. are ok?
You upload an unusual amount of videos to the point that makes me wonder if you are ok?
Anyways. keep it up.
P. s could make nextcloud tutorial for dummies?
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tubalcain
Startpage was recently bought by System1, and those guys are in the business of 'data harvesting'. How does this holds up against the - it's all about privacy mantra-?
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Startpage was recently bought by System1, and those guys are in the business of 'data harvesting'. How does this holds up against the - it's all about privacy mantra-?
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Benjo
Thanks techlore didnt know about startpage at first im going to swicth to that i used Chrome before only what question what browser would you use with startpage
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Thanks techlore didnt know about startpage at first im going to swicth to that i used Chrome before only what question what browser would you use with startpage
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janiac225
I have used startpage for years and all of a sudden it won't load and the search page says be patient having trouble loading but I can search from it
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I have used startpage for years and all of a sudden it won't load and the search page says be patient having trouble loading but I can search from it
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Bryan
Great interview! Question for Startpage: the last reported independent audit of your service was in 2018. When will the next one take place?
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Great interview! Question for Startpage: the last reported independent audit of your service was in 2018. When will the next one take place?
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