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Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

My understanding is that a locally hosted SearXNG instance doesn’t really give you any privacy, unless you “dilute” your searches by letting others do searches from your instance too.

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MalReynolds@slrpnk.net ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Route it through a vpn with gluetun and it does…

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fwygon@beehaw.org ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
To be honest the “Privacy” aspect can be taken care of in other ways; like using a VPN for query dilution, for example. You don’t have to recruit 100 mechanical turks to do junk searches for you; although there are browser addons that can in fact do this automated searching for you…I’ve run them before.

SearXNG is a front-end that protects your privacy still. Hosting it locally dilutes it some; but provides maximal control; as you can use VPNs and control things much more tightly than you could if you hosted it elsewhere.

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