Mullvad's privacy-focused search engine Leta is now free for all users | Leta acts as a proxy for Google and Brave search results
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leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zonereplied to Guest 11 days ago last edited by
'Better' is relative
is it better than using something like SearXNG? No. But for those people who insist on using Google, its better to do a proxied search than a first-hand one.
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tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.comreplied to Guest 11 days ago last edited by
Good news, they are doing just that (in cooperation with Ecosia)
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u_u@lemmy.dbzer0.comreplied to Guest 11 days ago last edited by
Good moves from Ecosia. They used to get some flack for using Bing and Google.
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scrollone@feddit.itreplied to Guest 11 days ago last edited by
I think Kagi si better than Google, but under the hood it just mixes results from Google, Bing and Yandex.
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cabbage@piefed.socialreplied to Guest 11 days ago last edited by
Never gave this much thought. I've been considering subscribing for Kagi again, but basically they are paying for a Google API subscription, meaning that Google directly monetizes my Kagi searches?
To be completely honest, I'm less worried about privacy and more worried about what kind of world I'm contributing to with my internet usage. I Mullvad sends money to Google for every search, it's probably not for me.
Switched to Qwant now - rather Microsoft than Google, and at least they are working on their own engine.
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Not exactly, they are search engines in their own right that have their own crawlers, but also use the Bing API. Leta is literally a proxy, it searches on the google (or brave) search website on your behalf and serves you the results. That way the only data Google gets is Mullvad's.
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zink@programming.devreplied to Guest 11 days ago last edited by
I cannot help but respect any organization that has “here are the conditions that make our product useless” in their FAQ.
It’s an effective way to describe what their proxy does, for sure. It’s just nice to read public-facing text that doesn’t feel sanitized by committee.
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vonreposti@feddit.dkreplied to Guest 11 days ago last edited by
That is some unexpectedly good news. I'm looking forward to see the results of an EU based search index.
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Maybe that's why they cache results for 30 days?
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Can you please link to the paid Google API you're talking about? I wasn't aware they had an API for web search.
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Kagi have their own index too.
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fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comreplied to Guest 11 days ago last edited by
So SearXNG?
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theloweststone@lemmy.worldreplied to Guest 11 days ago last edited by
So name one...
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dutchkimble@lemy.lolreplied to Guest 11 days ago last edited by
I think it's more like a travel agent and a passenger rail
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sturgist@lemmy.careplied to Guest 10 days ago last edited by
SearXNG
Always wondered how the fuck I'm supposed to say that.
Seeks'nn'jnn?
Sur X N G?
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elgenzay@lemmy.mlreplied to Guest 10 days ago last edited by
No. You can raise concerns about a potential vulnerability without having identified a specific real-world method of exploitation.
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hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.orgreplied to Guest 10 days ago last edited by
Mojeek (UK-based) is trying. I wasn't super impressed by their index yet, though.
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hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.orgreplied to Guest 10 days ago last edited by
If only there were a search index I thought was still good.
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fatboy93@lemm.eereplied to Guest 10 days ago last edited by
I just say that as SearchesNG
60/99