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6y ago
Thank you so much for the comments! I totally agree with you!
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Great question! It requires the search provider to utilize NaCl to decrypt (requires buy-in from the engine).
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> And since both parts are under control of the same actor, it's not very different from, well, not doing it. Both parts are not in control of the same entity. That said, thanks for the input and comments! Edit: If you have any more
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6y ago
> and you're trusting private.sh with your query and IP anyway. If you take a look at the javascript, the query is absolutely encrypted before private.sh can see it. In other words, private.sh cannot see it. Instead, what private.s
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6y ago
It's a bit different, since if you only use a TLS certificate, you'd still be able to see the query. That said, I agree, you could absolutely do the same with an onion router. This simply provides the benefit without having to do
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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 d
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6y ago
You're entitled to your opinions, and I think they are beautiful. Sometimes, people will have different opinions based on their own experiences and based on what factors they are looking at. Regardless of everything you're saying
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6y ago
This is good feedback and a good test. That should have absolutely returned something of relevance, so I agree with you here. The search provider is constantly working to improve its search results, and I believe that feedback like this is
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Thanks for taking a look, and that's a great question. The search is both end to end encrypted and private. In the sense of end to end, if you rely on TLS alone and send your query directly to the search engine, your IP will be atta
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6y ago
JavaScript is spectacular and has reshaped our world for the better. I'm sure there will be improvements, but he pioneered this movement. This deserves respect. Brave is a new browser and will continue to improve. Take a step back a
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> it kept prompting me to enable crypto wallets and other things I don't care about. I'm sure this will be fixed or can be disabled. I'm confident in Brave's passion toward its mission. > Brave's obsession wi
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6y ago
Private Search [1] works well too. </shameless>. That said, Brave is an awesome company headed by someone I look up to greatly. I'm definitely optimistic about their search product. [1] https://private.sh/
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End to End Encrypted, Private Search
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Regardless, I’m not sure what that has to do with his contributions of code and product.
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6y ago
As many mentioned, DDG is Bing and Google under the hood. That being said, DDG is great and I’m very thankful it exists. Shameless Plug: I’m involved in a project called Private Search [1], and we are always interested in partnerships with
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We Will Win: The Final Battle for the Internet
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Definitely agree here. Essentially, ICANN is deplatforming Peter.
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6y ago
That’s pretty cool. I like Brave, and Brendan and his team are doing great things over there. Brave is absolutely faster than Chrome, and I believe everyone here on HN considers Brendan a hero once they discover what he’s created. The searc
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It looks like a lot of time and effort was spent. Good job!
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I agree. It’s amazing. > If you’re tapping keys, you’re wasting time. With Verbz, you’ll collaborate at an incredible 170 words per minute. That’s 8x faster than texting! Just a thought, according to most typing tests I’m at 150WPM. If V
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IRC is also a simple plaintext protocol. It’s simplicity helped an entire generation of programmers to appear.
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Galactic Federation standard patrol drone. Nothing to see here. Move along.
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6y ago
CoinLab is a joke. Calling his actions abusive is kind.
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Agreed. Those who fell at the beginning are those who paved the way. Mark is a hero. Nothing less.
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It’s real (re account)!
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Not all browsers are properly handling but placing a “.” after the name is a temporary fix.
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Handshake [1] handles validation on the client side before making a query. [1] https://handshake.org
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I read and it says you have to use a third party host or host on your own [1]. I’m not sure how this differs from the WWW - could someone explain? Thank you! [1] https://solidproject.org/users/get-a-pod
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You could also try Shells [1] to breathe life into an old computer. [1] https://shells.com
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There’s a new internet [1]. [1] https://youtu.be/Q3QbXMFjro0
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