Jonathan Tomek gives a great overview of VPNs in his Defcon presentation from 2022.

VPN company that has a great reputation almost universally in the computer security community is Mullvad.

Presearch is a decentralized, open source search engine that is built on blockchain technology.

Mojeek is a search engine that is based in the United Kingdom.

Qwant is a hybrid search engine that is based in France. It is designed to provide users with a more private and secure way to search the web, as it does not collect or share personal information about its users.

Startpage is essentially a more private way to use Google search. Based in the Netherlands, it is designed to provide users with a more private and secure way to search the web, as it does not collect or share personal information about its users.

Yacy is a decentralized, peer-to-peer search engine that allows users to crawl the web and build their own search index.

Searx is a privacy-focused metasearch engine that allows users to search the web without being tracked.

MetaGer is an open-sourced, privacy-focused search engine service, provided by the German non-profit organization SUMA-EV.