Hello,

searx.prvcy.eu has been dead for me for a couple of weeks now, anyone else?

I’m getting 502 Bad Gateway.

Thanks.

  • TCB13@lemmy.worldOP
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    10 months ago

    Yes its true, it’s obvious, all your queries will come from the SearXNG server IP and they’ll eventually match to the the information / account / other addresses they already have on you.

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      10 months ago

      Yes its true, it’s obvious, all your queries will come from the SearXNG server IP and they’ll eventually match to the the information / account / other addresses they already have on you.

      I assume that SearXNG as a proxy will not show your real IP address, nor with it show which monitor resolution and which web browser you use, to the search engines that the instance will query.

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        10 months ago

        You buy a VPS that has a static IP to run your private instance. Then search engines will log the VPS IP for every single search query, with a bit of time/data they’ll be able to tie that IP address to your profile. All it takes is for you to open a few websites that use google analytics with your adblocker disabled for some reason and… game over.

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            10 months ago

            I bet google has 200 more ways to cross records and detect whenever you’re proxying your queries.