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searx.prvcy.eu dead? (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by TCB13@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Hello,

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

I'm getting 502 Bad Gateway.

Thanks.

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[–] TCB13@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] lemmyreader@lemmy.ml 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I see your point. One solution : run Pi-hole in your local network to block analytics.

[–] TCB13@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

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