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Since I found out that private.sh was owned by PrivateInternetAccess, I've been hesitant to use it given their recent acquisition by Kape Technologies.
by vinushkah 6y ago
Since I found out that private.sh was owned by PrivateInternetAccess, I've been hesitant to use it given their recent acquisition by Kape Technologies.
- rasengan 6y agoThe code for Private.sh is open source so you can actually see what it’s doing instead of trusting it. Don’t trust, verify :)
- livre 6y agoYou can never be sure that the code you see is the same as the code that powers that website. If you trust the code the best you can do is run your own server.
- rasengan 6y agoIf you click View Source you can see that queries are absolutely encrypted. Running your own server just changes your IP but it’s still “yours.” Finally, you shouldn’t “trust” code and run it. You absolutely need to read and understand first and finally, determine if running yourself actually brings benefit.
- livre 6y agoYou can't trust code you don't understand, if you do that don't call it trust, call it faith. Your query has to get decrypted somewhere or else the server wouldn't be able to proxy the request to Google unless it is E2E encrypted but then it is no different than just using a VPN or a socks5 proxy. If that's the case better just use Tor or a VPN and have privacy everywhere instead of just on your search page.