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Is Startpage — Private Search Engine safe?

This security report analyses whether Startpage — Private Search Engine is safe to install on your browser. We check Startpage — Private Search Engine for malicious behaviour, data exfiltration, suspicious permissions, and known vulnerabilities so you can decide if Startpage — Private Search Engine is safe for your personal or enterprise fleet.

Clean risk

Legitimate search engine extension from Startpage that sets the default search provider and adds extension identification headers to search requests for analytics purposes.

v3.0.8Chrome Web Store
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Updated 10 April 2026fgmjlmbojbkmdpofahffgcpkhkngfpef

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