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Great question! It's a bit more than that -- the search query is encrypted client-side. This means that the private.sh search proxy cannot see what the query
by rasengan 6y ago
Great question!
It's a bit more than that -- the search query is encrypted client-side. This means that the private.sh search proxy cannot see what the query is. Then, the query is delivered to the search engine. The search engine does not know the IP origin of the search query.
This means that the search query and the identity of the searcher is decoupled, providing significantly more privacy.
Hope this is clear!
- shuntress 6y agoThanks for the response. Is this client side encryption the same regular TLS encryption that I would normally (no proxy involved) send to the search engine or is there some kind of buy-in from the search engine to handle it a different way?
- rasengan 6y agoGreat question! It requires the search provider to utilize NaCl to decrypt (requires buy-in from the engine).
- ajconway 6y agoIs there a difference between private.sh and using a VPN?