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I wonder if it's possible to make a search engine that people can verify is not spying on them. One where the source is truly open source. Not just on github, b
by sdegutis 13y ago
I wonder if it's possible to make a search engine that people can verify is not spying on them. One where the source is truly open source. Not just on github, but where anyone who wants to can ssh into the server and have full read-only access to the whole system to verify that the code they see is really what's running. Sure, there'd be some security things to work out to make it balance how easy it'd be to hack it, but maybe it's doable.
- timmclean 13y agoSee also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homomorphic_encryption https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homomorphic_encryption
- jarofgreen 13y agoIf I can SSH in and have full read only access on the server what's to stop me seeing what other users are doing, thus ending user privacy?
- dandelion_lover 13y agoI am really surprised people on HN do not know about YaCy [1]. It's p2p opensource and free search engine. So it is verifiable. [1]. yacy.net