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I'm hosting my own SearX [0] instance to try and eliminate search bubble and control my search history. SearX is a metasearch engine that proxies out search re
by DrPhish 8y ago
I'm hosting my own SearX [0] instance to try and eliminate search bubble and control my search history.
SearX is a metasearch engine that proxies out search requests and randomizes all browser fingerprints to make it difficult for any individual to be tracked via algorithm. I don't know how effective it is of course, but I find I prefer the search results I get out of it vs google, even if the image search interface isn't as flashy.
I put my instance behind https and simple auth to allow me a bit of security while using it outside of my private network.
If you want the privacy shield vs google/bing/etc and don't mind a middleman having your search history, there are public SearX instances as well [1].
[0] https://github.com/asciimoo/searx https://github.com/asciimoo/searx
[1] https://www.searx.me/ https://www.searx.me/
- decebalus1 8y agoMy search productivity greatly improved when I switched to self-hosted searx. I tried to advocate this to my network of friends but with little success. I run it in a docker container and it's just so easy to manage and the results are so much better. Being open source, you're free to fiddle with it anyway you want and I consider it as a sort of condom for your privacy.