Comment on Which privacy-focused search engine are you using?

Fireplant@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• schmurnan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Do you use a self-hosted SearXNG, or one of the other hosted instances?

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  • Fireplant@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Self-hosted under a VPN would be the way to go if you want to be 100% sure.

    The problem with public instances is that you can’t really know what the owner does with the data. There are safe ones, and malicious ones. I’d just look for one that has a good reputation.

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    • schmurnan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yeah I have a self-hosted one but I’m struggling to get results. I posted under another comment on this thread, was just gonna ask for some support troubleshooting.

      Completely agree though, self hosting over public instances all day long.

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