• Mario Bariša@vlemmy.net
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    1 year ago

    It is not perfect, but its a good balance in terms of privacy and search results. If you have a high treath model consider making your own self hosted searx search engine ( while using tor if needed ) to further enhance your privacy

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      1 year ago

      I’m curious: Isn’t Searx(ng) a bit less useful if you’re the only person using it? I thought that pooling of searches make it harder to run targetting algorithms.

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        Exactly, one can self host if they want, but if their aim is to limit user profiling, they should absolutely make their instance public so they can get mixed traffic through it

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      No wtf. If you use tor and searx you will not look like everyone else. The whole point of tor is to make everybody look the same. The only configuration in tor that should be made is the security setting

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        There is a difference if you want to make yourself look like everyone by design or if you use Tor, if you use Tor your real identity can not be traced back to you so there is no point in making yourself look like everyone else. But then again this is only for individuals that have high-threat models.

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          Torproject themself does not recommend changeing settings since it makes you stand out. It is much worse if you are self hosting searx and using it in tor since searx is then linked to you since you are selfhosting it.

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          This comment is worded very optimistic. There are plenty of ways to leak your identity using tor. Or any other tech for that matter.

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            1 year ago

            Yeah so there is no reason to make it worse. Torproject themself does not recommend changeing settings It will make you stand out.

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      It works great with VPNs, Tor, or with JS disabled. It does not store tracking cookies. As long as you don’t let them know who you are,it’s privacy is good enough

    • lemmychatwitpeeps@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      For the good balance between privacy and search results i prefer brave over ddg. It gives better results imo. Still use ddg for images