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'''HOW TO INSTALL:'''
*Startpage is automatically used as part of the [https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en Tor Browser Bundle]. See the section on Installing the Tor Browser Bundle below.
*Firefox
*#To set your startpage to Startpage
*##Click the ''Menu Icon'' in the upper right corner
*##Select ''Preferences''
*##Click the ''General'' tab
*##Type ''"https://startpage.com/"'' in the box labelled ''Home Page''
*#To force the Address Bar (Top URL/Search Bar in Firefox) to use Startpage
*##Open a new tab and type ''"about:config"'' into the address bar & hit enter
*##Type ''"keyword"'' into the search box
*##Double click ''keyword.URL'', type ''"https://startpage.com/do/search?q="'' into the text box and click ''OK''
*##Ensure that ''keyword.enabled'' is set to ''"true"''. If it is not double click it and it should update
*#To set Startpage to be your default Search Provider
*##Follow this link to the [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/startpage-https-privacy-search/?src=search Firefox Startpage HTTPS Privacy Search Engine] Addon
*##Click the green ''+ Add to Firefox'' button
*##Check ''"Make this the current search engine"'' and hit ''OK''
*Google Chrome
*#''It is recommended you use Firefox instead''
*#To set your startpage to Startpage
*##Click the ''Spanner Icon'' in the upper right corner
===Insecure Web Chats===
'''PROBLEM:'''<br />
Chat clients such as Google Talk, Facebook Chat, AIM, & ICQ generally don't do a whole lot to secure your messages. In addition that tend to store everything you've ever said on their servers where they happily root through it for marketing information. Maybe they pass that information along to 3 letter agencies as well.<br />
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'''SOLUTION:'''<br />